King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947)
George II Γεώργιος Βʹ
George II, c. 1942
King of the Hellenes
First reign
27 September 1922 – 25 March 1924[a]
Predecessor
Constantine I
Successor
Monarchy abolished;
Pavlos Kountouriotis as President of Greece
Prime ministers
See list
Anastasios Charalambis
Sotirios Krokidas
Stylianos Gonatas
Eleftherios Venizelos
Georgios Kafantaris
Second reign
25 November 1935 – 1 April 1947
Predecessor
Monarchy re-established;
Georgios Kondylis as President of Greece
Successor
Paul
Prime ministers
See list
Georgios Kondylis
Konstantinos Demertzis
Ioannis Metaxas
Alexandros Koryzis
Emmanouil Tsouderos
Sophoklis Venizelos
Georgios Papandreou
Nikolaos Plastiras
Petros Voulgaris
Archbishop Damaskinos
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Themistoklis Sofoulis
Panagiotis Poulitsas
Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Dimitrios Maximos
Born
19 July 1890 (O.S.: 7 July 1890) Tatoi Palace, Athens, Greece
Died
1 April 1947(1947-04-01) (aged 56) Athens, Greece
Burial
6 April 1947
Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece
Spouse
Elisabeth of Romania
(m. 1921; div. 1935)
House
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father
Constantine I of Greece
Mother
Sophia of Prussia
Signature
Military career
Allegiance
Kingdom of Greece[b]
Service/branch
Royal Hellenic Navy
Royal Hellenic Army
Royal Hellenic Air Force
Years of service
1909–1922[c]
Rank
Second Lieutenant
George II (Greek: Γεώργιος Β', romanized: Geórgios II; 19 July [Old Style: 7 July] 1890 – 1 April 1947)[a] was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.
The eldest son of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia, George followed his father into exile in 1917 following the National Schism, while his younger brother Alexander was installed as king. Constantine was restored to the throne in 1920 after Alexander's death, but was forced to abdicate two years later in the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War. George acceded to the Greek throne, but after a failed royalist coup in October 1923 he was exiled to Romania. Greece was proclaimed a republic in March 1924 and George was formally deposed and stripped of Greek nationality. He remained in exile until the Greek monarchy was restored in 1935, upon which he resumed his royal duties. The king supported Ioannis Metaxas' 1936 self-coup, which established the authoritarian, nationalist and anti-communist 4th of August Regime.
Greece was overrun following a German invasion in April 1941, forcing George into his third exile. He left for Crete and then Egypt before settling in London, where he headed the Greek government-in-exile. George returned to Greece after a 1946 plebiscite preserved the monarchy following the end of the war. He died of arteriosclerosis in April 1947 at the age of 56. Having no children, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Paul.
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