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People
Kings Of The Hellenes
Konstandinos II (1940-)
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Konstandinos II {Κωνσταντίνος Β'} (1940-). King of the Hellenes (1964-1967/1973/1974). Also known as Konstandinos XIII.
He was appointed regent in 1964 and succeeded to the throne the same year on the death of his father, King Pavlos {Παύλος} [People]. In 1967, after a military junta had seized political power in Greece, Konstandinos made an abortive attempt to overthrow the colonels. When the coup failed, he and his family fled into exile.
The junta declared him formally deposed in June 1973 and established a republic. In December 1974, after the overthrow of the junta, the Greek voters chose not to restore the monarchy.
Konstandinos was stripped of his Greek citizenship in 1994 and in 2002 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece had to compensate the former King for property nationalized after the royal family fled the country.
Konstandinos II (1940-)
04-06-2004