King of Greece

Current Form

* King George II (Reign: 3 November 1935 – 1 April 1947)

The King of Greece is a Title Held by the Autocratic Monarch who leads The Kingdom of Greece. The Title is hereditary and passed through the Greek Royal Family. The Current Ruling House is House Mountbatten and the King is Phillip (Mountbatten) of Greece who is the Cousin of the former King, King George II who reformed the Greek Monarchy in 1935 after a Brief Republic which failed and split between the Government and The Monarch, hence why he limited the Power of the Government and Strengthened The Monarchy. George II reformed the Monarchy so that the Monarch has all power. The Eldest Son of the Monarch is the Crown Prince to the Throne, If a King dies with no Children then the Crown passes through the Line Of Succession to find a Living Successor.

## History

The Title of King of Greece was first established by King George I in 1863 after The Greek People held a referendum to elect a King in 1862 after the Previous Bavarian King was deposed in a Revolt. Prince William would be elected as King and became King George I of Greece. In 1917, a National Schism occurred between The King Constantine of Greece and The Prime Minister on whether Greece should join the Great War. Constantine supported the Central Powers and was eventually forced to abdicate by the Allied Powers. After Constantine's Son Alexander died, He was reinstated as King of Greece. He abdicated the throne for the second and last time in 1922, when Greece lost the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, and was succeeded by his eldest son, George II. Constantine died in exile four months later, in Sicily.

King George II in his First Reign was short. In October 1923, there was a failed Royalist Coup and the Revolutionaries asked King George to temporarily leave Greece whilst the National Assembly considered the question of the future form of government. He complied and, although he refused to abdicate, he departed on 19 December 1923. When a republic was proclaimed on 25 March 1924, he was officially deposed and stripped of his Greek nationality.

### Restoration (restored House of Glücksburg )

In Greece between 1924 and 1932, there were 23 changes of government, a dictatorship, and 13 coups. After a disliked Dictator came to power, The People wanted a Monarchic System back and King George II returned to Greece from Exile and overthrew the Dictatorship. However, he instead put in place a new form of Dictatorship with himself at the Head of Greece. He signed decrees that dissolved the parliament, banned political parties, abolished the constitution and established a Greek Assembly that he can easily change. He forced Prime Ministers to resign if they refused to support his ideals. But, He was very popular with the Greek People and brought stability to their lives. In 1941, He would meet with the Emperor of The Imperium. They discussed a Joint Invasion of The Balkans and Italy which George II would accept as he wanted to Expand the Territories of the Kingdom of Greece. He would form a close friendship with The Emperor and The Imperium and Greece became close allies. In 1944, The Imperium invades Oman, Turkey , Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Emperor gifts parts of Turkey to Greece as thanks for their assistance in the Invasion of Italy. This act of Kindness furthers the Friendship between the Emperor and King George II but Greco-Imperian Relations as a whole.

### House of Mountbatten of Greece

In 1947, King George II died of arteriosclerosis at the age of 56. With no Children or living Relatives, The Title of King of Greece passed to his Cousin, Prince Philip Mountbatten. Philip had served in the British Royal Navy during the War of Liberation against the Italians in the Mediterranean. After, The British Defeat in the War, Prince Phillip became a British Citizen and Member of House Mountbatten ,an Anglicised Version of House Battenberg of Germany. With the British Royal Family being largely dissolved in 1945 and being kept as a British Figurehead with no real power, Prince Philip would return to Greece after his leaving in exile after King Constantine I's abdication in 1922, retaining his Greek Royal Titles. He formed his own House - House Mountbatten of Greece. His maternal grandfather Prince Louis of Battenberg, then known as Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven, died in London shortly after Philip's Birth. Louis was a naturalised British subject who, after a career in the Royal Navy, had renounced his German titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten which Philip adopted whilst in the Royal Navy to hide his German Ancestry. He would carry the House Mountbatten of Greece to his reign as King of Greece creating a new dynasty.

With his Cousin's Death in 1947, he was asked to become the New King of Greece. He accepted and Became King Philip of Greece. His Reign would see the end of the 100 Year Long Glücksburg Dynasty and the Start of a New Mountbatten Dynasty in Greece. Where his predecessor had been very Dictatorial, King Philip is a more lenient ruler. He has given more Power to the Greek National Assembly and has become a Semi-Constitutional Monarch in Practice but still holds the Power to Abolish the Assembly should he chose to. Philip is not married by 1960 but his decedents will take the Surname "Mountbatten of Greece".

He remains Neutral in the World and wishes to keep Greece neutral in Future Wars. His policy is to preserve The Kingdom and The People first and not risk it all by getting involved in Wars.

## Powers

In the Current Form of the Greek Monarchy, The King is the Unrestricted, Autocratic Ruler of Greece. He is not bound by any restrictions and he can sign decrees that dissolve the National Assembly, ban political parties, abolish the constitution and establish a Greek Assembly that he can easily change. This was all done by George II in his second Reign. The Monarch is also the Head of the Hellenic Armed Forces who swear loyalty to their King and Country. He administers the Greek National Assembly which is a Government Body to invoke Laws and Decrees which line up with the King's Ideals. He can ban Parties, Dissolve the Assembly or Fire Prime Ministers whenever he likes. Greece has been described as a Semi-Dictatorship with The Assembly still being able to gain power. The Assembly could depose the King but they don't have enough Influence over the Greek People whereas the King has immense Influence over The People and Support.

The Current King, King Philip Mountbatten, largely leaves the National Assembly to do it's own thing which worries Royalists who believe the Assembly will gain too much power and overthrow the Monarchy and Restore a Third Hellenic Republic.

## List of Greek Kings (Since 1863 Election)

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18 March 1913

18 March 1913
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11 June 1917

11 June 1917
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25 October 1920

19 December 1920
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27 September 1922
27 September 1922
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5 March 1924
(Reformed)

3 November 1935
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1 April 1947

2nd April 1947
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Present