George, Duke of Sparta, 1917.jpg 1.218 × 2.096; 378 KB. Instead, his younger brother, Alexander, was placed on the throne. In June 1917, George’s father was forced to relinquish the throne. George and his brother, Paul, moved to London, while Paul’s wife and children went to South Africa for the remainder of the war. Following a coup during the First World War, he went to exile with his father after the king was overthrown. All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2018. He came back to Greece in September 1946 and reigned for less than a year before his death in April 1947. He returned to Greece in October 1912 and fought with the 1st Greek Infantry during the Balkan Wars. After the news was made public, many believed that this was an April Fool's Day joke. Married with a young daughter, she soon divorced her husband, and the two enjoyed a very private relationship for the rest of George’s life. He was born on July 19, 1890, at Tatoi Palace near Athens, Greece, and had five younger siblings: At the time of his birth, his grandfather, King George I, was King of the Hellenes, and his father was Crown Prince. The king moved from mainland Greece to Crete on 23 April 1941. In March 1924 the Greek National Assembly voted the end of the monarchy and proclaimed Greece a republic. Subsequently, a plebiscite was held, and the monarchy was restored. Georgios A family.jpg 600 × 445; 75 KB. The couple had become engaged in October 1920, after having known each other for many years. While George was the Crown Prince and rightful heir, the government felt he was too ‘German’, having trained with the Prussian Guard, and because of his mother’s German roots. He eventually settled in Cairo where his government-in-exile had settled in 1943.

The parliament was dismissed, the constitution was scrapped, and books were burned. source: Wikipedia, photo by krischnig. In October 1920, Alexander passed away after an infection due to a monkey bite. Through his mother, he was a grandson of Friedrich III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal. Although met with significant support, George found his country broken and in need of reform. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his brother Paul. During this time he married his second cousin, on 27 February 1921 in Bucharest, Princess Elisabeth of Romania, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania. His health declining, King George II of the Hellenes was found unconscious in his office at the Royal Palace in Athens, Greece on April 1, 1947. George, too, had begun an affair. In November 1936, he and Prince Paul traveled to Florence to retrieve the remains of his parents, and his grandmother, Queen Olga and had them all interred at the Royal Cemetery at Tatoi Palace. George II of Greece has not shared about George II of Greece's parent's name. His departure from Egypt was apparently requested by King Farouk of Egypt and Farouk's pro-Italian ministers. He had the support of the exiled government and Greek forces serving in the Middle East. George II came back to Greece on 25 November. However, the Italian retreat prompted Germany to enter the war and attack Greece in April 1941 through Bulgaria, which had also joined the Axis Powers. Thus, his second exile began. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/george-ii-of-greece-9056.php George II of Greece reigned as King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947. He spent some time in Romania before permanently relocating to Britain. Just days later, a group of pro-royalist military officers attempted to stage a coup but were quickly defeated. After the war republican sentiments again threatened his throne, but he was restored by a plebiscite supervised by the Allies and returned to Greece in September 1946. The Greek public did not already like the aloof and cold George II that much. As George died childless, his brother Paul ascended the Greek throne after him. King George II of the Hellenes was the eldest son of King Constantine I and Princess Sophie of Prussia. Who Is The Greatest Female Warrior In History? Like his brother, Alexander, George was also a puppet-king for Revolutionary Committee and lived in constant fear of their actions. After the war republican sentiments again threatened his throne, but he was restored by a plebiscite supervised by the Allies and returned to Greece in September 1946. By April of that year, Ioannis Metaxas had become Prime Minister. Following a state funeral at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, he was buried at the Royal Cemetery at Tatoi.
George and Elisabeta had no children, and would eventually divorce in 1935.

Feeling ran high against the royal family, however, and, after a royalist coup d’état had been suppressed in October 1923, George felt compelled to leave Greece on December 19 with his queen, Elizabeth. Following visits to France and Italy, they arrived in Greece on November 25, 1935. Once again, King George becomes a puppet-king, but this time at least has the support and respect of his Prime Minister. GeorgeIIGriekenland.jpg 251 × 331; 9 KB. King Alexander died on October 25, 1920, having contracted septicemia following a monkey bite, and soon after, King Constantine was returned to the throne. He and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh had been paternal first cousins. King George II of Greece. Learn more about royalty, past and present here and share your thoughts on our forums. George II of Greece is one of the Richest Royalty, who was born in Greek. Greece was in utter political turmoil between 1924 and 1935. The king’s support of Metaxas put the throne in a controversial position, particularly after Metaxas banned political parties, dissolved Parliament, suspended constitutional rights, and even decreed the censorship of Pericles’ great funeral oration to the Athenians as recorded by Thucydides. In 1932, he moved permanently to London, taking a small suite of rooms at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair. George was close with the British royal family, and in 1934, attended the wedding of his cousin, Princess Marina, to the Duke of Kent. This effectively made George the de facto leader of the government. George wanted to serve in the military. With the establishment of a rival Communist-led government, it was decided that a referendum would be held to determine the fate of the Greek monarchy.