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Georgios .., born December 24, 1845, N.S., the second sou (Wilhelm) of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, present King of Denmark; elected King of the Hellenes by the National Assembly at Athens, March 18 (30), 1863; accepted the crown, through his father the King of Denmark, acting as his guardian, June 4, 1863; declared of age by decree of the National Assembly, June 27, 1863; landed in Greece November 2, 1863; married, October 27, 1867, to Queen Olg., born August 22 (September 3), 1851, the eldest daughter of Grand-duke Constantine of Russia, brother of the late Emperor Alexander II.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Greece
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Annual Statement of the Trade of the united Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. London.
Commerce spécial de 1a Grèce avec les pays étrangers. Bulletin trimestriel. Athens.
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Regarding political transactions concerning Greece from 1826 onwards, the Parliamentary papers.(correspondence, conventions, protocols, treaties, reports, &c.) are available.
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Keltie, J.S. (1908). Greece. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270374_24
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