It's time for another mini-series! This time, we're going to look ahead to some scattered stories from Greek history in the centuries and millennia after the fall of the Hellenistic kingdoms. Today, we're jumping forward to the 1860s CE to witness how a Danish prince was chosen to be King of the Hellenes as Georgios I. His family ruled over Greek- with some intermissions- until Konstantinos II was deposed in 1973...Sources for this episode:Chisholm, H. (1911), 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica (A-M).The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2023), George I (online) (Accessed 18/06/2023).Herrin, J. (2008), Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire. London: Penguin Books Ltd.Norwich, J. J. (2013), A Short History of Byzantium. London: The Penguin Group.Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Constantine I of Greece (online) (Accessed 20/06/2023).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Frederick VIII of Denmark (online) (Accessed 20/06/2023).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), George I of Greece (online) (Accessed 18/06 and 20/06/2023).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Greek royal family (online) (Accessed 18/06/2023).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (online) (Accessed 20/06/2023).Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Seleucid empire (online) (Accessed 20/06/2023).

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