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Facts

Also Known As Prince William of Denmark ā€¢ Georgios I ā€¢ George I of the Hellenes ā€¢ Prins Vilhelm af Danmark
Born December 24, 1845 ā€¢ Copenhagen ā€¢ Denmark
Died March 18, 1913 (aged 67) ā€¢ ThessalonĆ­ki ā€¢ Greece
Title / Office king (1863-1913), Greece
Notable Family Members father Christian IX ā€¢ son Constantine I ā€¢ brother Frederick VIII ā€¢ sister Alexandra

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Alexis Tsipras
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EleuthƩrios VenizƩlos
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Konstantinos Karamanlis
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George Papandreou
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Antonis Samaras
prime minister of Greece
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Andreas Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
KapodĆ­strias, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 19th century; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum of Greece, Athens
IoĆ”nnis AntĆ³nios, Komis KapodĆ­strias
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Costas Simitis
prime minister of Greece
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Kostas Karamanlis
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Georgios Papandreou
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Lucas Papademos
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Melina Mercouri
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TheĆ³doros DhiliyiĆ”nnis
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George II
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