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| | George Bowen - definition of George Bowen in Encyclopedia |
 | | Sir George Ferguson Bowen (November 2, 1821 - February 21, 1899) was a British colonial governor. | | | Bowen wrote Ithaca in 1850 (London, 1854), translated into Greek in 1859; and Mount Athos, Thessaly and Epirus (London, 1852); and he was the author of Murray's Handbook for Greece (London, 1854). | | | Transferred to Victoria (Australia) as governor in 1872, Bowen endeavoured to reduce the expenses of the colony, and in 1879 became governor of Mauritius. |
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| | Greece: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com |
| | The moderately liberal Center Union gained a plurality of seats in the legislature in elections in 1963, but its leader George Papandreou failed to win a vote of confidence for his government, and new elections were held in 1964. | | | Greece has a presidential parliamentary system and is governed under the constitution of 1975. | | | Greece became a province of the Roman Empire, but Greek culture would continue to dominate the eastern Mediterranean and when the Empire finally split in two the Eastern or Byzantine Empire, centered on Constantinople, would remain Greek in nature, as well as encompassing Greece itself. |
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| | Mary of Teck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Princess Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) (26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953), later Queen Mary, was the Queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom. | | | Despite this setback, Queen Victoria still favoured Princess May as a suitable candidate to marry a future King, so she persuaded Albert Victor's brother, Prince George, Duke of York, to propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. | | | Although her mother was a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom, Princess May was only a minor member of the British Royal Family. |
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| | Elizabeth II [Definition] |
| | Her father was HRH The Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), the second eldest son of King George VHis Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. | | | Her mother was HRH The Duchess of Kent (nee Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark), a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of... | | | HRH The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward) (born 19 FebruaryFebruary 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. |
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| | The Constitutional History of Greece |
| | George I, King of the Hellenes (and not anymore of Greece) reigned from 1863 to 1913 and his dynasty reigned intermittently until the final abolition of monarchy in 1974. | | | Therefor, it is generally considered as the landmark for the establishment of the rule of law in Greece. | | | Greece emerged in the late 40s in a state of devastation, as a bitter civil war between pro- and anticommunist forces followed the liberation. |
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| | BBC NEWS Europe Profile: George Papandreou |
| | George senior was prime minister of Greece twice. | | | The "revolutionary" Mr Papandreou is said to be a calm, thoughtful and diplomatic politician in contrast to the flamboyant personalities of his father Andreas and grandfather George. | | | Mr Papandreou rose through the ranks of Pasok and was elected to parliament in 1981, the same year his father was elected prime minister. |
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| | Civil War in Greece |
| | When George Papandreou returns to Greece with his government he is in a difficult position. | | | based on claims that new evidence proves his innocence, is rejected by the Supreme Court of Greece. | | | It is easy to have sympathy for someone who has fought to liberate Greece and is then declared an enemy of the state, hunted down, tortured and made to confess to treason, and then executed or exiled. |
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| | George Andreas Papandreou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Papandreou's educational career reflected the movements of his father, who had been exiled from Greece for political reasons in 1939 and did not return until 1959. | | | When Andreas Papandreou died in 1996, George delivered a generous tribute at his funeral, but ensured that Margaret, not Dimitra, was treated as Andreas's widow. | | | Papandreou was born in St Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, where his father, Andreas Papandreou, then held a university post. |
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| | George Papandreou, senior -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | George Papandreou (in (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek Georgios Papandreou or Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου) (18 February 1888 - 1 November 1968) was a (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek politician. | | | He married a Polish woman, Sofia Mineyko, and their son (additional info and facts about Andreas Papandreou) Andreas Papandreou was born at (An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece) Chios in 1919. | | | Papandreou served as a Venizelist Member of Parliament, as Interior Minister in 1923, and in several other government posts during the Republic of 1924–1935. |
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| | Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The moderately liberal Center Union gained a plurality of seats in the legislature in elections in 1963, but its leader George Papandreou failed to win a vote of confidence for his government, and new elections were held in 1964. | | | Greece has a presidential parliamentary system and is governed under the constitution of 1975. | | | In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus. |
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| | Andreas Papandreou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Papandreou was born in Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek Liberal politician George Papandreou. | | | This led to estrangement from his adult children, one of whom, George Papandreou, was by this time a senior PASOK minister. | | | Papandreou's son, George Papandreou, was elected leader of PASOK in February 2004. |
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| | art distance history learning . art distance history learning |
| | Prince Michael's father, Prince George, was the fourth son of George V and his mother, Princess Marina, was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece. | | | Prince Philip adopted the family name of Mountbatten when he became a naturalised British subject art distance history learning Michael George Charles Franklin and one of his godfathers was President Roosevelt. |
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| | Otto of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | He also made provisions for his donation to be kept secret until his death, to avoid causing political problems to the new King, George I. | | | Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria and King of Greece (Salzburg, June 1, 1815- Bamberg, July 26, 1867) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia). | | | King Otto of Greece adopted the native Greek garment the Foustanella which eventually became the official dress of King Otto's court.. |
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| | Princess Alice of Battenberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | On 7 October 1903, she married Prince Andrew (Andreas) of Greece and Denmark, the fourth son of King George I of the Hellenes and Queen Olga, the daughter of Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, at Darmstadt. | | | Princess Andrew returned to Great Britain in November 1947 to attend the wedding of her only son, then-Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R.N. to HRH The Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. | | | She was also the elder sister of Lord Mountbatten, Lady Louise Mountbatten (13 July 1889 - 7 March 1965), who became the second wife of Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven. |
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| | Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The moderately liberal Center Union gained a plurality of seats in the legislature in elections in 1963, but its leader George Papandreou failed to win a vote of confidence for his government, and new elections were held in 1964. | | | Greece has a presidential parliamentary system and is governed under the constitution of 1975. | | | In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus. |
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| | british monarchy - mong21 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File |
| | Olga married William George I of the Hellenes Oldenburg King of Greece in 1867. | | | William George I of the Hellenes Oldenburg King of Greece [Parents] was born on 24 Dec 1845 in Copenhagen. | | | George Philip Windsor Earl of St Andrews [Parents] was born on 26 Jun 1962 and was christened on 14 Sep 1962 in Buckingham Palace. |
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| | Andreas Papandreou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Papandreou was born in Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek Liberal politician George Papandreou. | | | This led to estrangement from his adult children, one of whom, George Papandreou, was by this time a senior PASOK minister. | | | He served three times as Prime Minister of Greece (October 21, 1981 to July 2, 1989 and October 13, 1993 to January 22, 1996). |
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| | Prince Michael of Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent (Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor) (born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of King George V. | | | Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, which governs the laws of the succession to the British throne, Prince Michael forfeited his place in the line of succession through marriage to a Roman Catholic. | | | Prince Michael of Kent was born on July 4, 1942 at Iver, Buckinghamshire. |
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| | Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Greece has a presidential parliamentary system and is governed under the constitution of 1975. | | | The moderately liberal Center Union gained a plurality of seats in the legislature in elections in 1963, but its leader George Papandreou failed to win a vote of confidence for his government, and new elections were held in 1964. | | | In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus. |
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| | Greece |
| | Greece had almost doubled her territory and King George was again a national heroe. | | | The Greek population in the isalnd of Crete rose upo against the Turks and King George sent a Greek troop commanded by his second son, Prince George, to support the rebels. | | | By 1897, when King George was 51 years old and had been for 34 years in the throne, his subjects, with the firm purpose of achieving the "Great Hellenic Dream", were claiming for action. |
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| | Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Greece has a presidential parliamentary system and is governed under the constitution of 1975. | | | The moderately liberal Center Union gained a plurality of seats in the legislature in elections in 1963, but its leader George Papandreou failed to win a vote of confidence for his government, and new elections were held in 1964. | | | In the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Greece obtained SE Macedonia and W Thrace; the frontier with newly independent Albania gave a larger part of Epirus to Greece, but neither country was satisfied, and the area remained in dispute until 1971, when Greece, at least temporarily, dropped its claims to N Epirus. |
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| | My Family |
| | Children were: George II OLDENBURG (King of Greece), Alexander I OLDENBURG (King of Greece), Helen of Greece (Princess), Paul I OLDENBURG (King of Greece). | | | William George I of the Hellenes OLDENBURG (King of Greece) and Olga Constantinovna (Princess). | | | George II OLDENBURG (King of Greece) and Elizabeth of Romania HOHENZOLLERN (Princess) were married on 27 Feb 1921 in Bucharest, Romania. |
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| | Andreas Georgiou Papandreou |
| | Papandreou, Andreas Georgiou, 1919–96, Greek political leader, premier of Greece (1981–89, 1993–96), son of George | | | He returned to Greece after the fall (1974) of the junta and later served as the country's first socialist premier (1981–89). | | | He was a naturalized American citizen for a time (1944–64) and taught economics in the United States, but he renounced his U.S. citizenship to serve in the Greek parliament and as an aide to his father. |
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| | 1922 in Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The cabinet immediately resigned, and on September 27 King Constantine abdicated for the second time in the course of his career, and the Diadoch succeeded to the throne of Greece as King George II. | | | Following the execution of Gounaris and his companions the British government instructed the British minister at Athens to ask for his passports and leave Greece; nor had diplomatic relations between the two countries been renewed by the end of the year. | | | On November 20 a conference of representatives of the Allies, Turkey, and Greece was opened at Lausanne for the purpose of the revision of the Sèvres Treaty and the final settlement of the Near Eastern problem. |
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| | George Christopher -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Born George Christophes in (A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese) Arcadia, (A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) Greece, Christopher and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in San Francisco when Christopher was two years old. | | | He was, as of 2005, the last (A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas) Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco; all San Francisco mayors since he left office have been (A member of the Democratic Party) Democrats. | | | Christopher began his political career in 1945 when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and he was elected mayor in November 1955, taking office the following January. |
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| | I6478: Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor (Prince) ( - ) |
| | Descendants of Prince Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor and Baroness Marie-Christine Von Reibnitz | | | Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor and Marie-Christine Von Reibnitz had the following children | | | I6478: Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor (Prince) ( -) |
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| | HBC biography: Andreas Papandreou |
| | Papandreou served as Prime Minister of Greece (1981-1989, 1993-1996) winning three general elections. | | | Andreas Papandreou, as Prime Minister, abolished the use of complicated accentuation marks in Greek language in 1981 and school uniforms in 1982. | | | The Papandreou finally announced his resignation as Prime Minister in a written statement from his hospital bed on January 15, 1996. |
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