George, King of Greece, was born Prins Vilhelm Georg von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg in Copenhagen on 24 December 1845. He was offered the throne by the Greek Assembly at the age of 17, and ruled for 50 years, the longest in modern Greek history, as Georgios I, King of the Hellenes.

He married Olga Constantinovna of Russia on 27 October 1867 in St Petersburg. They had eight children, of whom the seventh, Andrew, was the father of the present Duke of Edinburgh.

He was assassinated at Thessaloniki, Greece, on 18 March 1913. His assassin was said to be an alcoholic vagrant who killed the King because he was refused money.

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