Kings of Greece

House of Wittelsbach (1833-1862)

Name Born-Died King from King until
Otto I[1] 1815 - 1867 6 February 1833[2] 23 October 1862

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (first reign, 1863-1924)
Name Born-Died King from King until
George I 1845 - 1913 30 March 1863 18 March 1913 (assassinated)
Constantine I (first reign) 1868 - 1923 18 March 1913 11 June 1917 (abdicated)
Alexander 1893 - 1920 11 June 1917 25 October 1920
Constantine I (second reign) 1868 - 1923 19 December 1920 27 September 1922 (abdicated)
George II (first reign) 1890 - 1947 27 September 1922 25 March 1924 (deposed)

Second Hellenic Republic (1924-1935)
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[edit] House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (second reign, 1935-1973)
Name Born-Died King from King until
George II (second reign) 1890 - 1947 3 November 1935 1 April 1947
Paul I 1901 - 1964 1 April 1947 6 March 1964
Constantine II 1940 - 6 March 1964 1 June 1973 (in exile since 13 December 1967)[3]

Greek Military Junta (1967-1974)
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Third Hellenic Republic (1974-present)
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The 1973 Republic was declared on 1 June 1973 by the Regime of the Colonels. In 1974, democracy was restored. A new referendum on the monarchy took place on 8 December. The republican side won 69.2% of the votes, and the monarchy was abolished.

Particulars about the monarchy
In the modern Kingdom of the Hellenes, established in 1832 after Greece attained independence from the Ottoman empire (1830), under a Bavarian dynasty, the title of Diadochos was 'revived' as particular princely style for the heir apparent to the constitutional royal throne, as unique as dauphin in France (but not linked to any territory). The heir also enjoyed the title of "Duke of Sparta".