George I of Greece
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George I was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination on 18 March 1913.
George I c. 1912
Portrait by August Schiøtt, 1853
Prince William and his family, 1862: (back row left to right) Frederick, Christian, William; (front row left to right) Dagmar, Valdemar, Louise, Thyra, Alexandra
Photograph by Southwell Bros., 1863
Christian IX
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Christian IX was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. He became one of the most influential
George I of Greece
…Palace, an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, next to the Amalienborg Palace complex in Copenhagen. He was the second son and third child of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He was baptised with the names Christian William Ferdinand Adolph George, and until his accession in Greece, he…
Christian IX of Denmark
Prince Christian's father Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, from 1825 Duke of Glücksburg
Prince Christian's childhood home, Glücksburg Castle in Schleswig-Holstein, seat of the eponymous ducal branches of the House of Oldenburg (2005).
Prince Christian's surrogate father, Frederick VI of Denmark, whose queen Marie of Hesse-Kassel was his aunt and the two princesses his cousins.