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Paul (Greek: Παύλος, romanized: Pav́los; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964) was King of Greece, reigning from 1 April 1947 until his death on 6 March 1964. Paul was born in Athens as the third son of Crown Prince Constantine and Crown Princess Sophia of Greece.
1 apr 2024 · Paul was the king of Greece (1947–64) who helped his country overcome communist guerrilla forces after World War II. Paul, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece, left Greece with his father following Constantine’s deposition in 1917. He refused the crown after the death of his brother, King.
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Constantine II (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, romanized: Konstantínos II, pronounced [ˌkonstaˈdinos ðefˈteros]; 2 June 1940 – 10 January 2023) was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.
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Pavlos was born on 20 May 1967 at the Tatoi Palace north of Athens, used at the time as the secondary residence of the former Greek royal family. He was the second child and first son of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. Constantine II had ascended the throne on 6 March 1964, aged 23, following the death of his father and predeces...
Pavlos was born into a turbulent era in Greek politics. Pavlos was born barely a month after a coup d'état which ended democratic rule in Greece over the king's objections on 21 April 1967, ushering in a military junta, led by Georgios Papadopoulos. In December of that year, Constantine attempted a counter-coup that failed due to planning mistakes,...
Following the death of his father on 10 January 2023, Pavlos ascended to the position of Head of the former Royal House of Greece. He delivered Constantine's eulogy during the funeral ceremony and carried his coffin with his brothers, sons and nephews at the burial. A rumour circulated that Pavlos intended to permanently relocate to Greece, but thi...
Pavlos married American heiress Marie-Chantal Miller, whom he had met at a party three years earlier in New Orleans, on 1 July 1995. The Greek Orthodox rite wedding at St Sophia's Cathedral, London drew a rare modern panoply of royalty, but the ceremony proved to be legally invalid and had eventually to be repeated civilly (not normally required in...
From birth, Pavlos was the heir apparent to the throne of Greece and as such he was referred to as the Crown Prince of Greece with the style of Royal Highness. Following the deposition of the Greek monarchy in 1973, these titles and styles are no longer legally recognised by the government of the Hellenic Republic. Through his male-line descent fro...
Pavlos is a direct descendant of three reigning sovereign monarchs at birth. He is the eldest son of the King of Greece, grandson of the King of Denmark and great-grandson of the King of Sweden, all living and enthroned when he was born. His paternal aunt, Sofía, was Queen consort of Spain and his paternal first cousin, Felipe VI, is the current Ki...
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Paul ( Greek: Παύλος, romanized: Pav́los; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964) was King of Greece, reigning from 1 April 1947 until his death on 6 March 1964.
Paul, King of the Hellenes (Greek Παύλος, Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων, December 14, 1901 – March 6, 1964), was King of Greece from 1947 to 1964. Paul was born in Athens, and was trained as a naval officer. From 1917 to 1920, Paul lived in exile with his father, Constantine I.
