Modern Greek Kings Trivia Quiz

Answer: Otto I

Otto I was chosen by a conference of European powers in London in May 1832. At the time he was a Bavarian price. His rule was very unpopular among the Greek people. After a revolution in September 1843, he was forced to accept a constitutional monarchy. Under Otto I, Greece invaded Turkish territory in 1854. He was deposed and replaced in October of 1862.

Answer: George I

George I was elected by the Greek National Assembly in March 1863 as the second King of Greece, after Otto I was dethroned in October 1862. His nomination for King was supported by Britain, France and Russia. He increased Greece's territory by acquiring the Ionian Islands in 1864, Thessaly and Arta in 1881 and Epirus, Macedonia, and Crete during the first Balkan War (October 1912 - May 1913).

He was assassinated in March 1913.

Answer: Konstantinos I

Konstantinos I ruled Greece during World War I and was criticized for not fighting alongside Great Britain. Opposition forces, led by Prime Minister Eleutherios Venizelos, made Konstantinos I leave the throne to his son in June 1917. Konstantinos I went into exile in Switzerland after he left the throne. Once the successor of Konstantinos I ascended to the throne, Greece entered the World War I on the Allied side.

Answer: Alexander I

Alexander I became King of Greece succeeding his father Konstantinos I in June 1917. Alexander I caused controversy when he married non-royal Aspasia Manos in November 1919. Greece expanded its borders during the reign of Alexander I. His reign ended after his death in October 1920.

Answer: George II

George II and his family was exiled in Switzerland in June 1917. George II seceded his father Konstantinos I as King of Greece in September 1922. After a government change in the country in March 1924, George II exiled to Romania. George II returned to Greece once the monarchy was restored in November 1935. George II was exiled the country a third time in April 1941 when Germany successfully invaded Greece.

During the reign of George II, Greece annexed the Dodecanese Islands. George II ruled Greece during World War II and the beginning of the Greek Civil War in March 1946 (it ended in August 1949). George II died in April 1947, in Athens.

Answer: Paul I

Paul I ascended to the throne of King of Greece after the death of his brother George II. Greek Kings George II and Alexander I were brothers of Paul I.

The Greek Civil War ended during the reign of Paul I. Greek relationships with Britian and Turkey retreated during Paul's reign. Paul I was able to secure money from the Marshall Plan to fund recovery and infrastructure projects in Greece. Paul I Paul I died in March 1964, due to complications of stomach cancer.

Answer: Konstantinos II

Konstantinos II succeeded to the throne of King of Greece after the death of his father Paul I. After Konstantinos II was disposed in 1973, the monarchy was abolished. Konstantinos II died in January 2023, in Athens.

Answer: Konstantinos I

The first reign of Konstantinos I ended in 1917. When Alexandros I died in 1920, Konstantinos I returned to the throne. Konstantinos I abdicated the throne in September 1922 because of Greece's defeat by Turkey. Konstantinos I lived in his final years in exile and died in January 1923, in Palermo, Sicily of heart failure.

Answer: Yes

Greece had an interruption in the Greek monarchy between 1924 and 1935. This interruption occurred in the aftermath of Greece's defeat by Turkey in the Asia Minor Campaign. The Greek state was set up as a republican governance known as the Second Hellenic Republic. This interruption occurred during the reign of George II.

Answer: No

Actually, the kings listed on this quiz were technically known as "Kings of the Hellenes". Greece is now known as the "Hellenic Republic". The Greek word for Greece is "Ellada" or in more formal modern usage "Ellas".