Does anyone know if greece was a monarchy before?

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The_last_Amazona

Yes, Greece was a monarchy until 1967, when the then king Constantine, was overthrown by the military junta (which was supported by you guess who...the "freedom fighters of the world").
Constantine, along with his wife Anna Maria and their 2 children were exiled to Italy where they still live today.
BTW any bitterness you sense by Greeks to foreign powers stems from the fact (among others) that they (foreign powers) supported a very oppressive military junta that reigned Greece for 7 miserable years before democracy was restored again and has been there ever since

poika

Yes. The last king was the brother of Sofia of Spain

chrisvoulg1

until 1974 it was a constitutional monarchy when with a plebicite the Greek people opted for the current form of government

evzenit

Swenson gave you the correct answer. We had monarchy until 33 years ago between some intervals of...chaos and between the wars. The name of the monarchs was Glyxbourg (1863-1974).

swenson0

Yes - the king is exiled and lives in England - dont know
what he lives on.

mareeclara

I know Prince Phillip ( you husband of the Queen) is called Prince Phillip of Greece.....so it must have been...before...

anlarm

Of course everybody knows that. Greece used to have a King until the junta tossed him away. Then in 1974, when the junta was brought down, people of Greece decided to have a Republic. They now have a president, a prime minister etc.
The former king lives in exile in UK. Also Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg (husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is of Greek origin).

cpinatsi

There was a monarchy imposed to Greece by foreign powers, when Greece became independent. Then we had the Bavarian king Otto imposed to us, we sent him away, and then another dynasty from Denmark was imposed to us, that we also sent away.

dvatwork

Yes. Next question...

Luzzuboat

Yes...

rotcfreak1

No, Greece in its entirety was not a monarchy. It was a confederal government overall, allowing each city-state to do what it chose. Athens was a democracy while Sparta was a monarchy.

The Mad Greek

This is a list of the Kings of Greece, formally known, since 1863, by the title of King of the Hellenes. However, King Constantine II was exiled in 12/13/67

George I
Children
Constantine I
Prince George
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
Prince Nicholas
Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia
Princess Olga
Prince Andrew
Prince Christopher
Grandchildren
Prince Peter
Princess EugÃ©nie, Duchess of Castel Duino
Olga, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia
Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Theodora, Margravine of Baden
Princess Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Sophie, Princess George of Hanover
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Michael
Great Grandchildren
Princess Alexandra
Princess Olga
Constantine I
Children
George II
Alexander I
Elena, Queen of Romania
Paul I
Irene, Duchess of Aosta
Princess Katherine
Alexander I
Children
Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia
George II
Paul I
Children
Sofia, Queen of Spain
Constantine II
Princess Irene
Constantine II
Children
Princess Alexia
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
Prince Nikolaos
Princess Theodora
Prince Philippos
Grandchildren
Princess Maria-Olympia
Prince Constantine Alexios
Prince Achileas-Andreas
Prince Odysseas-Kimon

theseeker4

Just about any european country you could point at was a monarchy at some point in the past, if not as a single nation, it was split up as several monarchies, or parts of different monarchies.

Totally Blunt

I also know that he was of the royal European lineage (I forget the family. Habsburgs?) and planted there by European powers. Never understood how that can happen. It's a good thing a fake royalty is gone.

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