“it is perhaps no exaggeration to remark that a quarter of a million persons died of this monkey”
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Alexander of Greece
Alexander was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death on 25 October 1920.
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politics · King of Greece from 1917 to 1920 · politician · also Alexander of Greece, King Alexander I of Greece, Alexander I of Greece, King Alexander of Greece, Greece
Born 1 August 1893 · Died 25 October 1920 · Q151742
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“…and of great Alexander it is recorded that the world could not satisfie his ambition and therefore his great Soveraignty and Monarchy could not bring unto him so much joy and contentment as to restraine teares because there were no more worlds to conquer or as some have it because hearing there were many he had not yet conquered one.”
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“Of Late I Think of Cliffordville”
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1920· 1 entry
Died 1920-10-25.
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1919· 1 entry
Provoking a major scandal that forced the couple to leave Greece for several months
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1917· 2 entries
During World War I, after the Entente Powers and the followers of Eleftherios Venizelos pushed King Constantine and his eldest son, Crown Prince George, into exile
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Career landmark: King of the Hellenes (1917–1920).
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1916· 1 entry
Venizelos formed a parallel government to that of the king
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1915· 1 entry
At a party held in Athens by court marshal Theodore Ypsilantis, Alexander became re-acquainted with one of his childhood friends, Aspasia Manos
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1893· 1 entry
Born 1893-08-01.
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