Constantine II, Ex King of Greece & A Brief History of Greece

[@picklesthewise]

Watched a documentary on him and his family years ago made by them. It was honestly so much more interesting than anything the British Royals have put out promoting themselves. It's like if the Romanovs survived to tell their story.

[@fabio2000k]

Do you know the name of the documentary?

[@picklesthewise]

@@fabio2000k It is available on the Timeline channel on KZbin if you search for it

[@bethhandzel]

Phoenix, I saw a six part documentary by Royal Scandinavian channel. Part five was about King George I and his descendants.

[@annbsirius1703]

The Father-in-law of Europe was the six part documentary about the descendants of Christian IX. Constantine comes across as very charming. It's up on KZbin, but there are audio issues with the first two episodes. The sound only cuts out for a few seconds here and there, but it's a little annoying. I really enjoyed it. Lots of family stories!

[@watcherfortruth8319]

Agreed.

[@axilleas]

A few small corrections from a Greek: 1) His disagreement with the government wasn't over his property but over the crown's property. The thing is, there is no crown in Greece, there hasn't been one in more than half a century. All its properties were requisitioned by the government. 2) He was, indeed, a gold medal winner at the 1960 olympics, however the other two members of the team, Odysseas Eskitzoglou and George Zaimis, as well as their instructor Paul Elvstrøm, are almost never mentioned, even though they were just as important to the win. 3) Constantine wasn't against a coup so long as it was supportive of the monarchy's interests. The only reason for the hal hearted counter coup was that the colonels didn't cater to his demands. Not to mention the fact that he single handedly created the instability that led to the coup by meddling with politics as well as his efforts to restore the monarchy post 1974 by making contact with a few of dictator Ioannides' allies. 4) The reason he was not allowed to return to Greece was that he refused to adopt a surname which is a necessity for any and all Greek citizens and thus had no passport. Conveniently enough when he asked his Danish relatives for a passport he "magically" found a surname to have on it.

[@Kerwin-Kendell]

Thank you for adding this - fills in some of the gaps from "standard history" 🍸

[@anionchloriou3483]

Your are totally wrong and unfortunately out of populism, Tatoi it's not a state's property but a private property of this family! Secondly, in a country that any "refugee" is coming without any document for the former head of state lacking a surname was not a problem and was not prohibited of course to enter Greece, his citizenship was revoked by Andreas Papandreou government, actually by actions of the notoriou Euaggelos Venizelos only because they wanted to appease their electoral base and that happened jus in...1994, 20 years after the plebiscite closed the matter for ever. Constantine's move against Junta was the only resistance action ever took place with the exception of Panagoulis effort to assasinate Papadopoulos. In the danish passport he had not a surname but a...description! I am not even royalist! I don't believe in monarchy but it's despicable to destort the historic reality because we want to be populist.

[@axilleas]

@@anionchloriou3483 you didn’t need to write an essay, you could have just said you are a royalist

[@anionchloriou3483]

@@axilleas No I am not, egoistic papandreist, it's a matter of history and reality not anything else, I have not any problem with the royalists although I don't agree with them in this matter, but it's better to be historically accurate rather than to claim nonsensical propagandistic fakenessess.

[@axilleas]

@@anionchloriou3483 ok man, you do you, not gonna waste my afternoon arguing with you

[@cookie4197]

I am Greek thank you for telling our history I am so happy that our former royal family made it to your videos

[@sheilastahl633]

This family was really connected with royals like non other.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I always knew that Greece had a rich history, but I'm memorized by the culture and history this civilization has for over millennia, even today! Thank you for sharing this!

[@velvethunder]

great video ! as a greek, here are some notes: 1. the ionian islands were actually given back because the population had suffered too many attrocities at the hands of the british and it had started to become kind of difficult to continue the occupation 2. Hellenes does not mean Greece , it means Greeks. Hellas - Ελλάς- means Greece. The reason greeks like to refraine from calling ourselves Greeks in the english language and prefer Hellenes - 'Ελληνες - instead, is because Greeks comes from the derogatory word γραικός , which was used against us by the Ottomans. 3. you pronounced Thessaloniki - Θεσσαλονίκη - pretty well 4. fascist Italy had almost no gains in Greece during ww2, but the germans did win and handed over some parts.

[@alkyoni9891]

❤️

[@giasifman9050]

Well they already had the Dodecanese islands before ww2

[@nerdo5570]

Ottomans called Greeks Rum or Yunan, if they wanted to insult them then I think they called them gavur which means infidels. I think you're confusing it with Latin 'Graeculus' which means "little Greek" and was used by the Romans as a pejorative term for Greeks. Greeks didn't find the term "Graikos" pejorative and it was used instead of Hellene during Byzantine and Ottomans times because Hellenes were branded as pagans.

[@giasifman9050]

@@nerdo5570 not exactly,graikos comes from a city in epirus

[@giasifman9050]

@@nerdo5570 in the byzantine times the Greek were called Romioi

[@stuffedninja1337]

It’s extremely impressive how quickly after the death you got this out. Either you’re a psychic, you have files on your computer filled with photos and info on every royal in the world, or you work WAY too hard. Great video, but don’t overdo it! ;v;

[@a.munroe]

I imagine there's a hard drive somewhere with files for all the current Royalty bc EVENTUALLY she's going to need it🤣👑

[@superninja493]

@@a.munroe Probably has a Juan Carlos video on her hard drive

[@elizabethclarence3817]

@@a.munroe she’s got margarethe, charles iii, juan carlos, lol

[@RaymondHng]

@@elizabethclarence3817 ...and Harald V.

[@nancyjohnson7147]

Yeah that's what I figured is she's got a video for every older monarch already partially at least researched and some photos and things ready to go so all she has to do is maybe a little more research write the skript, film the voice over, and then put the video together. Which is both slightly morbid that she is so well prepared for the deaths of the worlds monarchs but also probably a good thing to do lol.

[@ThreeLs2011]

Hello: I am from Greek descent. Enjoyed your video. I've always found the Greek Royals interesting. Thank you.

[@JadeScorpion31]

Very interesting! I’m glad he was able to return home to Greece.

[@annalouux8553]

That's where he wanted to spend the rest of his life...home

[@jimmycassandro3186]

Thanks!

[@marshatolbert154]

Well done Lindsay on such a succinct history of Greece 🇬🇷 as well as that of the late King Constantine.

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Marsha, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@alwaysbeingbelle4409]

As someone with Greek heritage, Constantine is pronounced like “Constanteen” instead of “Constan-tine.” Love all of your videos!

[@csong9940]

Thank you. That annoyed me as well.

[@ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣΣΜΥΡΝΙΟΣ]

Actually it is pronounced Constantinos

[@alwaysbeingbelle4409]

Yes, you are correct, as that’s the Greek pronunciation.

[@csong9940]

@@ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣΣΜΥΡΝΙΟΣ She's talking about the Anglicized pronunciation

[@sophitsa79]

@@csong9940 either pronunciation would be correct in English, so she could easily just make it "teen"

[@MrsM77]

I was looking through my late grandfather's travel papers and passport from when he first immigrated to Australia from Greece (they are all handwritten!!) Greece still had a king then, and it blew my mind.

[@joek600]

My grand father’s baptism certificate in the city of Nicomedia, before the Asia Minor disaster, bears the seal of the Ottoman Empire.

[@BaconBabe87]

His wife is the younger sister of our (denmarks) current queen

[@mariannenygaard1861]

There is a true and funny story about King Contantine. When he asked to be allowed to marry Princess Annemarie, King Frederik (Annemarie's father) was so surprised that he didn't know what to answer. Therefore he locked Contantine in a room. King Frederik then went out to look for Queen Ingrid (Annemarie's mother) she was to help decide whether the young couple could marry.

[@annalouux8553]

Actually he locked him in the bathroom

[@mariaritacostanzo3687]

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[@monmothma3358]

He actually locked the door? 😂

[@mariannenygaard1861]

@@monmothma3358 Yes he did !

[@harrietlovejoy3424]

Well done! Comprehensive history. Really enjoyed it! Thank you.

[@s-a-r-a-h]

This video makes me want to connect with the part of my family that lives in Greece

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Sarah, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@InnerGiggles]

Did you connect?

[@iraklisvelaoras8335]

A big thanks for the video!greetings from Greece!

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

Rest In peace our King. It is unfortunate the politics in Greece ruined the monarchy.

[@songsisters6269]

Deep condolences

[@takashinijino2257]

You should a video on Sālote Tupou III who was Queen Regnant of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, longer than any other Tongan monarch.

[@jcreed09]

King Juan Carlos used brother-in-law King Constantine as a Template of what NOT to do during his own Spanish 1981 Coup

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

To be fair, that coup attempt was horribly organized. The Greek coup was well planned, well thought out and almost perfectly executed. Juan Carlos also had a lot more political experience, and had stacked the military with more liberal officers, headed by the experienced Minister of Defence, Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado. Constantine, by contrast, was young, politically inexperienced, and had far less direct control over the military then Juan Carlos did, not helped the fact that between Constantine’s accession to the throne and the coup, there’d been a political crisis known as the Apostasia and 6 different Prime Ministers.

[@est9949]

This is so interesting. You did a wonderful job summarizing so much info into one video. Thanks Lindsay!

[@nora768]

Love your videos, another great one to add to your collection.

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Nora, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@Rogerramjet4321]

So interesting. I really didn’t know much about him . Thanks for 2 videos in one week.

[@InnerGiggles]

Thanks! This was an unexpected gem that I really enjoyed. 👌🏼👏🏻

[@okpt-i6e]

Thank you

[@elvisfrompark-ex2013]

Thank you for this short documentary! I Am Hellenic 100% but born in Canada. The King is dead, Long Live the King

[@ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗ-ε1φ]

Ποιος βασιλιας να ζηση βρε?

[@reneedennis2011]

Thank you for this video.

[@shrutibhrsingh]

such a well crafted video, i absolutely enjoy your videos, Lindsay!

[@rlpittsjr]

Thank for this fascinating look at the Danish Greek royal family. Had no idea there even was one until I saw the obituary of the King. Your video gave me the narrative I was looking for. Man, to have born into royalty...

[@graphiteandglitter]

You should check out a great six-part series called "A Royal Family", available on KZbin.

[@colleenduggan5797]

I think you should do a episode about how the royal Romanov families are related to British royal family. That would be interesting!

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Colleen, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@Nina_Frank]

Now you are chanching lane completely

[@lightyagami3492]

Well it's pretty simple. King Nicholas II and King George V were first cousins.

[@c0smic_captain]

great video as always Lindsay!! 🤩 would love to see more videos about other Royal Families in Europe!

[@pyramidhead7567]

I wish to see a video about Queen Noor of Jordan or Empress/Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi in the future ❤️

[@smontone]

Truly excellent documentary- really well done

[@thebeaumonde]

Brilliant content (as always :) ) The Greek Royals have always been so fascinating to me. Considering they were not an old or big dynasty their reach is impressive. Plus, they have the best Royal Jewel Collection (in my opinion)

[@CallieMasters5000]

Growing up in England, I remember him always being referred to as "Ex-King Constantine" in the press, which I thought was a bit harsh. In interviews he said they carried Danish diplomatic passports as he fought with the Greek government. He was a good guy.

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Callie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@dim6508]

@@Trevorjennings679 what virus? covid???

[@Trevorjennings679]

@@dim6508 yes. Hope you’re safe from it??

[@dim6508]

@@Trevorjennings679 well considering that it's practically harmless in comparison to the older strains and I've been vaccinated and have no health problems,yes I'm safe thank you very much

[@joek600]

He was a good person to socialize with, but completely incompetent as a King. His mother's machinations didnt help also.

[@Soda3000Pop]

So sorry for Constantine, what a great king he would have been, I hope his life in Britain was peaceful and loving! God rest his soul! I’m sure that he grieved over his exile and the demise of his family and their royal throne! ❤

[@billytrolliplapla2286]

I amb Greek and very glad for you making this video

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

Greek Government is like a immature person who always thinks of his/her reputation while the Former King is a matured person who just respect and left other people's opinion.

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Cyril, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@D.Pap_Art]

Well, I would certainly be like that if I had a promised dream life in palaces and huge wages just because it is my birthright..

[@cantthinkofaname3257]

His family was a disaster to Greece. They were hated for a reason. They ALWAYS pushed their personal agendas over the country's interests and they obsessively wanted Greece to side with Germany in all wars, even if it was against it's interests. They are a German/Danish family after all. The one and only time that they got their way and actually managed to side us with Germany, we got demolished in Asia Minor because of their incompetence. Nobody ever wanted them here aside from a small percentage of bootlickers.

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

@@cantthinkofaname3257 Asia Minor?? Lmao you can't even correctly guess where Greece is. Greece is in Europe and the closest Asian country that they have is Turkey, lmao it's clear you are a troll, you said that Greece people hated the former Royal family which is true but it's because of the incompetence of the former king to suppress rebellion not wars

[@cantthinkofaname3257]

@@cyrilmarasigan7108 Eeeeehh. This is akward. I am Greek .... And I assure you, I know where Greece is on the map .... Short history lesson. In 1919 we invaded Asia Minor, in order to liberate Smirna (and the surrounding area) which were populated mostly by Greeks and had been historically Greek for many many centuries before the Ottomans. The king was out of the picture at the time and the country was run by Venizelos. We were winning. Long story short, mid war the king returned and sent everything to shit. He kicked out all the generals and employed useless bootlickers of his in their stead, he completely crapped on our understanings/agreements with the great powers, he ignored all the military plans that were in place, he let the army sink for 2 years and then ordered a retarded/pointless charge towards Ankara. That was completely random and doomed to fail. And it did. Following that we lost hard and millions of Greeks were kicked out of Asia Minor. They had been living there for literally thousands of years. And now you know.

[@platedlizard]

Honestly, if you’re a monarch and your “kingdom” kicks you out, it’s probably best to retire gracefully.

[@MetDaan2912]

Kicked out by a military regime...

[@monmothma3358]

It wasn't the kingdom that kicked him out. I would respect the result of a fair and impartial referendum, though.

[@Philip_Bialk]

Your Majesty will be greatly missed. Rest in peace.

[@maddie_009]

Can you do a video on the four beauties of Ancient China? I’d really appreciate it!

[@minminbtscookie9542]

i'd love that too!

[@romyshusband]

That would make an excellent video. I was always interested on how those women, as tragic as they were, able to topple whole kingdoms or regimes with their beauties.

[@1agapim]

Thank you for this video. It is a part of my country's rich history that is unfortunately not taught in schools and a lot of people here in Greece ( or should I say Hellas) don't know enough about it. The government officials in place from the referendum of 1974 up until now avoid the matter almost at all costs. Are they afraid of the existence of royalists? They shouldn't be, in my view. Monarchy may not be in our DNA, especially since we are the first to establish Democracy,but it is still part of our history.

[@PerfectlyImperfect93]

Thank you Lindsay!❤

[@jimmycassandro3186]

I went to the same school like him, Σχολή Αναβρύτων , Anàvrita school , He was 19 years older , so we didn't attend at the same time , my grandmother voted for him , she loved the royal tradition . Your video took me back in time , ty

[@ΤάκηςΠελοπόννησιος]

Το πιο ωραίο βασιλικό ζευγάρι στον κόσμο......με την πιο ωραία και ευλογημένη οικογένεια!!!!!!

[@yuzzyscorner8170]

I recently started immersing myself in monarchies around the world and I would say I love your channel !!!

[@heathermason9311]

Two videos in one week! What have we done to deserve this?! I’m so here for it! 🎉

[@lfgifu296]

I think this one was a treat by Constantine😭

[@bisma1352]

@@lfgifu296 took one for the team 😂

[@dim6508]

we just need more monarchs to croak now,any nominations?

[@Nina_Frank]

@@dim6508 Margarethe of Denmark, King Carl Gustav XVI of Sweden, Harald VI of Norway

[@dim6508]

@@Nina_Frank well I didn't expect a serious response to that but uh

[@remysimon6819]

Thank you. Great presentation 👍

[@SallyTheWolf]

wow. didnt expected this but deffinetly needed to learn more about him more.

[@georulez89]

very well researched video thank you!

[@radovankekistanovic1342]

it should be noted that Otto I became King because his father, King Ludwig I of Bavaria loved Greek culture so much that he sent around 15% of Bavaria's state budget to help Greek freedom fighters during the Greek War of Independence

[@joek600]

Also when Otto styled himself as ''King of the Greeks'' instead of ''King of Greece'' (remember that at the time there were Greek populations all over the Balkans, Asia Minor, even Egypt) the great powers decided that it was time for him to go. Which was not too hard since his viceroys through cruelty and corruption had managed to alienate him from the people.

[@radovankekistanovic1342]

@@joek600 the primary reason on why he was overthrown is because he entered the Crimean war on the side of Russia in the hope of liberating the rest of the Greeks from ottoman slavery and so when France and the UK defeated Russia in the Crimean war, they organized a coup that overthrew Otto as punishment for going against their geopolitical interest

[@leykimayri]

@@joek600 He didn't have children. If his wife had been able to produce heirs, things for his house would have been different

[@joek600]

@@leykimayri I don’t think so. Not producing an heir was the cherry on top but already the people did not want him and more importantly the great powers did not want him. Their plan was the creation of a small Greek protectorate any notion of reconstituting even partly the Empire was dealt with swiftly as we all saw later.

[@leykimayri]

@@joek600 The son, if he had had any, would have been placed in his place. Not any new king from a different House. That’s what I mean.

[@elisavetanagnostopoulou2009]

As Greek myself, I can tell how hard work you put into this video! Great job! I loved the way you put the whole greek history for Minoans to Constantine II !!! Not to many information but also enough to understand how we ended up as the today's nation! Thank you!

[@gbour94]

Very nice video! Although it smoothers a lot the role Constantinos played during the period 1965-1967. During this period Constantinos constantly intervened into the politics of the country, mingled with the wide majority elected government and appointed non elected governments further destabilizing Greece. All those events, among others, resulted to the military Junta coup, marking a dark period for the Greek nation which suffered great loses (civilian suppression, tortures and deaths, marginalization of Greece in European politics and ultimately the invasion of Cyprus). Even following the military Junta coup, he failed to stand as a democracy rallying point and ultimately protect the constitution and his people. Instead he made the crown seem it gets along with the new regime and it showed its low reflexes only 7 months later making it into looking as a conflict of interest rather than a serious effort to restore democracy. Those further deteriorated his and the crown's public image. I do not want to be unfair towards Constantinos, as he has already stated he made a lot of faults during his reign and has recognized them. The fact that he returned in Greece 10 years ago as a civilian, abstaining from politics is very pleasant. As of now it has been almost 50 years since Greece is a republic and the institution of monarchy is well behind us. Also the end of monarch it is not entirely to blame Constantinos as a person. He as a king during his reign acted as expected, most probably as his father would had or most of his predecessors. Monarchy in Greece was always a controversy especially in the 20th century, coming with schisms (between republicans and monarchists in the period before WW1), dubious and controversial royal decisions acting against the interest of the Greek state (Greek neutrality in WWI, the Asia Minor war campaign following the end of WW1, resulting in the eclipse of the Greek populations in Asia Minor) and of course the extreme involvement into the politics (especially during the period following WWII with the civil war and the cold war). All those resulted in a mistrust towards the monarchy institution. To sum up Constantinos as an individual maybe was a lovely personality but the burden he had on his shoulders was heavy and he showed little willingness/ability to maneuver with it as a political personality. History will judge him as a king/public figure as well as the history of monarchy in Greece. May he rest in peace.

[@vangelisskia214]

I agree with many things you wrote but surely not with all. You can't blame the Minor Asia 'catastrophe' solely on Konstantinos I for example. It's oversimplistic. And even if that was the case this doesn't mean he had bad intentions. Both Konstantinos I and II surely made mistakes but were as much at fault as almost every major Greek politician of their respective age. But no politician paid the price ir even lost his citizenship as Konstantinos did. Never forget, history is written by the winners. The Greek royal family were utterly the losers.

[@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου]

@@vangelisskia214 Konstantinos was planning a revolution with people from the army but generals made their move faster and established their power! With his bad political moves put the country under military control, xounta! Also Greeks in majority never liked royal!! From the start as a free country, we declare our freedom and made a constitution where kings have no place!!

[@ΜικροτιταναςΜΤ]

@@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου Η κινηση του βασιλια να εξαναγκσει σε παραιτηση τον Παπανδρεου ισως να μην ηταν σωστη, αλλα ο διαλλακτικος της υποθεσης, θες δεν θες, ηταν ο βασιλιας! Αυτος προτεινε στον Παπανδρεου, να διορισει οποιον θελει ως Υπουργο Εθνικης Αμυνας, μεχρι να τελειωσει το θεμα με τον ΑΣΠΙΔΑ! Η δε αποστασια, βεβαιως προετοιμαστηκε απο πριν διοτι τον ειχαν προειδοποιησει ξεκαθαρα τον Γερο, διαφορα στελεχη του, να μην φτασει στα ακρα τη διαμαχη του με το βασιλια, διοτι θα τον εγκαταλειψουν! Φυσικα και υπηρξαν ιδιοτελεις πολιτικοι σε αυτη την υποθεση, αλλα ολοκληρωτικη καταδικη των αποστατων δεν ευσταθει! Εξαλλου τι ηταν η Ενωση Κεντρου? Ενας εξαρχης θνησιγενης συνασπισμος ομαδων, ετοιμος καθε στιγμη να καταρευσει! Οπως και να'χει απο τη στιγμη που παραιτηθηκε ο Παπανδρεου(καλως η κακως), επρεπε να υπαρξει πρωθυπουργος και βασει του τοτε συνταγματος, οι μετεπειτα κινησεις του βασιλια ηταν νομιμοτατες(δες και τα πρακτικα των συμβουλιων του Στεμματος, παροντος του Παπανδρεου..) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnzKdqeGacmkq6M

[@vangelisskia214]

@@ΠαρασκευηΚωστελιδου The constitutions during the Greek revolution were written and approved by a small in number educated elite with many liberal elements, in order to touch the hearts and souls and gain the support of the western European liberal movements of the period. But even those were constantly changed ending up with the creation of a Kingdom. Even before Kapodistrias' rule it was agreed, decided and constituted that a King would utterly follow as the ruler. Apart from a small in number (but influential) educated elites with liberal ideals, the vast majority of the common folk revolted with the expectation of the creation of a neo-byzantine empire, with a king as its ruler. Eg according to Theodoros Kolokotronis, the commander-in-chief of the Greek Revolution: "OUR KING (Constantine XI Palaiologos) was killed and never surrendered to the Turks, he never signed a treaty with them" Aristides Hatzis, "The Noblest Cause: The 1821 Greek War of Independence", p.p. 112 For the first 100 years of the existence of the Greek state, the Greeks in their vast majority were pro-monarchists. That started to gradually change only after the "ethnikos dixasmos", the "Minor Asia catastrophe" and the influx of the mostly anti-monarchist newcomers from Anatolia and Eastern Thrace who blamed and felt betrayed mainly by the monarchy. The so called "old Greece" (the borders until the Balkan wars) even until a few decades ago was to a very large extent passionately pro-monarchist.

[@esta8651]

I read the title and 🙄, but you did a great job 👏🏽! I’ll never doubt you again. ❤you

[@soulfoodsmama2980]

Actually really appreciated this information even though I wasn’t expecting it, thanks for your work Lady Lindsay! ✌🏽🖤

[@patobrien6364]

Very well researched 👏👏😎

[@dawnwittenhagen9055]

Would love to see videos about the Hawaiian royal family.

[@violentofwakes11]

When Queen Liliuokalani was deposed as queen of Hawaii, it was such a loss for Hawaiian culture. The Hawaiian monarchy was truly worth saving and they didnt pose a threat to American interests, but since it served a strategic purpose with pearl harbor and the naval operations, plus sugar cane production. These factors made sense about its annexation to America.

[@mimose1978]

Καλό παράδεισο 🙏😔🇬🇷🕯

[@valeriehercot2277]

very very interesting video, a deep history research for this work. Congratulations from Belgium

[@kassandria3964]

Living across the pond, we’re not taught about this. We only hear news about the royal family in the uk but don’t touch on other royal families

[@nnennangwu9069]

I didnt even know he had passed away! I don't recall seeing anything on the news either tbh, and I live in the UK.

[@nastaziamakri9480]

He lived to see me turning 20 years old on 7th of January 2023 and died 3 days later. What a legend.

[@crazydrummerpanda]

Good job on the video and actually calling him EX, I made a note on it on a different video and people seemed to get upset by it and not understand thats how we call him in Greece even tho I explained it again and again, mentioning how its rude for the nation to call him ''king of greece''. Good job.

[@Jamie-Fox]

His funeral is a disgrace. The Greek Gov. has no dignity at all for not giving him the state funeral he deserved.

[@paulsh2071]

I was not the biggest fun of our current monarchy but still they were way better than our current government and they had done many accomplishments as well sadly not many here in Greece even care about his death but me myself and ik many other of my brothers and sisters will know how much important it is to know that the last person that had the title basileas of the Hellenes is may his soul rest in heaven

[@dylangarcia3898]

do some people in greece regret what happened back in 1974 considering the current shape of the government in Greece.

[@paulsh2071]

@@dylangarcia3898 maybe some am one of them but again I am not the biggest fun of constantine but I would rather have him rather than our current government

[@nikol.b2840]

@@paulsh2071 I understand your point but i think that it's not fair to compare an old monarchy with a modern day government. Karamalis and later Papandreou recovered the democracy. Greece lived though a lot of successful years later . Also , even if a monarchy was established now , it would be similar to the other europe monarchs,not needed.

[@paulsh2071]

@@nikol.b2840 still it would be better to have a king rather than sakeralopoulou

[@billkar6479]

@@nikol.b2840 It would be needed as a matter of fact. Having people raised with the sole purpose of becoming diplomatic symbols for a country and with huge international connections is way better than an unelected useless president.

[@AmarieRegin]

Loved this! More Greek/Italian videos, please :)

[@anionchloriou3483]

In descent of course, in mentality totally not.

[@Limegreenedragon]

Was wondering if we're going to get a vid about him.

[@emem7242]

The first few minutes reminded me a of AP World History in high school lol!

[@darrindlc9513]

Great work

[@sharonsimbeye4122]

Thank you so much for the history of Greece. Government of Greece please give King Constantine the honour he deserves

[@toss13]

🤮

[@faithcheta8839]

Will you ever do a video about Catherine of Braganza?

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Faith, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@radovankekistanovic1342]

former prime minister, Konstantinos Mitsotakis admitted that the republican referendum was rigged and that the real discrepancy in the vote of Monarchy vs republic was around 1% (this was said in a documentary about King Pavlos I) this was also the finding of the European Court of Justice, when Konstantinos II sued the Greek Government

[@D.Pap_Art]

This is the first time I'm reading something like this. I would like to see your sources ( links and everything not "a documentary I saw" ) otherwise, it should be regarded as forgery. The last referendum was done in the proper way from what we know, there were independent observers from foreign countries and they did not report any illegal actions in its process.

[@banihakani2433]

woah, great video lindsay!

[@pwp8737]

fun fact: when Greece became independent and Otto was installed by the great powers, he brought his pals and hangers-on to Athens. He proceeded to give many of them monopoly rights including the right to brew beer to one Bavarian named Fuchs. Greeks being unable to pronounce the short "u" or the chs sounds took to calling him FIX. Hence todays modern Greek beer called FIX.

[@danieltoth-nagy5097]

I really love history and consider myself knowing a lot about it, but this video taught me a lot of things I've never heard before. Great, thanks so much!

[@Nina_Frank]

Dániel, if this video was news for you? You don´t know ANYTHING about it!!!!!!

[@cs296]

One correction. Not King of Greece but King of the Greeks. Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων and NOT Βασιλιάς της Ελλάδας. There is a lot of information on the net if you want to dive into this difference of naming.

[@paulkoza8652]

Nice job

[@vlaf3196]

I lived in Greece for couple years and I have to say that modern Greeks are very interesting and unique people but also very complicated. I think they are stubborn rebels by nature. Its hard for them to kneel to a king or any other foreign power like EU, NATO etc. And they will not do it even if that is against their interests and comes with a cost for their lives and their future. Sometimes I was thinking how is possible for this nation to be under Ottoman occupation and maybe thats the awnser why after that they are so proud and rebellious even though their country is not an example of how to run a modern country properly. They have so much corruption but at the same time their so proud for their country and their customs. They fight over anything with each other (they love to hate each other actually, its like their national hobby) but they can suddenly become one body when a foreigner will attack them. The majority of Greek people are against the Royals even though their politicians are very corrupted. Constantine made just 2 mistakes, he rejected the leftish elected government of Papandreou and a bit later he didn't do anything to stop the military Junta... and Greeks will never forgive him for these 2 mistakes because that resulted 7 years of dictatorship and the loss of half Cyprus by the Turks.

[@exdus235]

Nice that there is no overbearing, overshadowing, over-the-top music. 😊👍

[@josealexandre8486]

Greeks: Konstantinos english :Constantine Lindsay:ConstantEin

[@danusdragonfly6640]

Yes! Her pronunciation is really throwing me off on this one!

[@josealexandre8486]

@@danusdragonfly6640 i love her videos but saxe cobErg and gotha really????

[@almamoreno199]

Names never could be translated. His name it's in the birth certificate.

[@dim6508]

@@josealexandre8486 ikr,love her but my god the pronunciations are painful

[@KobraLA]

His birth name is Frederik, prince of Greece. When he took throne he took name Constatine II. Monaco Journal write his birth name when he was decorated with his brother in law Juan Carlos.

[@anionchloriou3483]

Totally not! The orthodox and especially the Greeks avoiding to take second names and the baptismal name is the only name, also the name Konstantinos is very symbolic in greek royalty, as for his baptism it was open and quite clear about what was the name he took, so I cannot even imagine why you are claiming that.

[@KobraLA]

@@anionchloriou3483 read Monaco Journal from that period. He never show his Danmark name. He was Danish prince by origin. This show how you arent informed.

[@SimplymeSVEN18]

Seems Leopold was wise to kindly decline the Greek throne in favour of the Belgian one...

[@fruitypuffpie1585]

Ikr

[@Richardsonprincess00]

Too bad that the Greek monarchy isn't around forever, democracy is around at 🇬🇷. RIP to the exiled Greek king, hoping to do the video of Greece's royal family soon.

[@sirwelch9991]

I was wondering when this would be out.

[@dgreeky]

they certainly didnt teach us this in our Greek history books

[@1agapim]

Indeed! I think they still fear the royalists even though they shouldn't,in my humble opinion. The fact is that it is part of our history and it should be taught in schools.

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

@@1agapim true cause from the sound of it they fear the Greek Royals when they have nothing to fear it they were just full of people who are afraid that their popularity will go down and be replaced

[@1agapim]

@@cyrilmarasigan7108 something like that...

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

@@1agapim true like the greek government sounds like a insecure person disturbing and bothering a popular person, i bet the greek government isn't popular with the people considering that The Greece is in Debt heir debts are high despite being a well sought tourist attraction especially the hey day of instagram where Instagram influencers flex their "holidays" on Greece and of course unrest

[@1agapim]

@@cyrilmarasigan7108 I don't quite understand what you are saying,but the current situation has been caused by many different governments from many different parties over the years. This is not a political statement I have made. The issue has to do with a state of mind,not politics. It is true though that my country is one of the most beautiful places on Earth and everyone is welcome to visit it!

[@ElNuevoEstado]

Good summary.

[@evgeniapetraki817]

Considering prominent far right politicians attended his funeral, I am glad we voted him out of the country. Greece's history with monarchy is brief and full of grief.

[@vickyk9608]

Fantastic job Lindsay! There isn't too much out there on the Hellenic Royal Family (sadly) and you did a wonderful job summarizing a very complicated history! I am proud that my father served in the army supporting the Royalist side of the war back in the 40's. This part of history has extra meaning for me. Keep doing what you are doing!

[@karenkratzer7036]

this was the first time I heard a little more about the coupe. I did hear King Constantine say that there was coupe in his name but he knew nothing of it. I was surprised that neither King Charles (supposed friend) or Prince William (godson) paid their condolences to the Greek family.

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

I think that would be in private

[@annalouux8553]

From UK only Princess Anne attended the King's funeral

[@karenkratzer7036]

@@annalouux8553 also Lady Gabriella Windsor Kingston god daughter to King Constantine. Supposedly Prince William asked her to represent him. Sorry but She represented the KENT family who are related by blood to the Greek Royal Family through her grandmother Princess Marina of Greece.

[@lolam5757]

The grandfather of King Charles and King Constantine are BROTHERS ..

[@lolam5757]

The great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth ( Queen Alexandra ) and the great grandfather of King Constantine and King Charles ( King George ) are brother and sister

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

Rest in peace

[@lorriemiller6750]

There needs to be mention that Ukraine and Russia originally had some cities founded as Greek colonies which were established as orthodox Christian countries derived from Greek and Byzantine Christianity

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Lorrie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@mydogsbutler]

Greek here. Some random tidbits. Prince Otto was also selected in part because he was philhellenic and in part because his family heritage was partially from the Byzantine Greek Royal families of Komnenos and Laskaris! Although it was only a distant relationship the belief was picking someone of even a bit Greek heritage would make it easier to be accepted by Greeks to rule Greece. Video mentioned Christian persecution by pagans but left out far far more brutal Christian persecution of pagans beginning around 400 CE period. This was the period where most Greeks stopped referencing themselves as Hellenes. The term Hellene had a pagan connotation and anyone that used the term faced persecution and possible even death from fundimentalist christians of that era unless they converted to Christian Romans. The last known unbroken use of the term Hellene and ancient Greek god pagan warship was in the 10th century in Mani Greece (the region of Greece where Sparta is located) Allthough most Greeks are christian today very few of them until quite recently knew Greeks ended up Christians because of oppression of their original religion. There is a small but growing number of reconstructionist pagans in Greece. They don't exactly follow ancient Greek rituals (no animal sacrifices more like hippies with fruits and singing) but they do pray to ancient Greek gods.. To understand the first hundred years of Greece's politics, one had to understand the megali idea which was about liberating all lands from the the Ottomans that Greeks lived on. Greek Irredentism ended with the great catastrophe in 1922 when Ottomans defeated Greeks in Asia minor. Greece did expand a little bit further when Italy ceded the Dodecanese islands as compensation for their role in attacking and occupying Greece during WW2. The independent island of Cyprus which was over 80 percent Greek might have joined Greece in 1974 too but Turkey invading the northern part. I-am-not-a-crook Nixon betrayed Greece by greenlighting the invasion to appease Turkey which he saw as greater strategic interest. This policy of appeasement at the expense of Greece unfortunately continues up to the present. (see Erdogan's violation of UNCLOS in the Aegean and threats to bomb Athens) Many wonder what relationship modern (ethnic) Greeks have to ancient Greeks. Some claim it's a myth that modern Greeks are related to ancient Greeks but DNA testing seems to indicate modern Greeks are directly and closely biologically related to people in Greece as far back as late neolithic.

[@Clayman2024]

Wow I want more Greek content

[@sheilastahl633]

Glad he was able to go back home. I had three Greek uncles and they were so proud and lived life to the fullest and was always happy even if they weren't, but you never saw that side.

[@BenGManMedia]

Man i can't belive greece declined a state funeral or a lay in state. is there a mourning?

[@dimitrabir.4177]

Well MAYBE it's because he tried to undermine democracy at any given chance. Ps. There will be a lay in state

[@ΜανοληςΠαλημαρκος]

ΖΗΤΩ Ο ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΣ ΜΑΣ ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΙΣΟ ΝΑ ΈΧΕΙ

[@ladyagnes7781]

Thank you so much for doing the biography on this wonderful man. I had seen biographies on him and his family before but it was a lovely tribute to you did. My favorite part was when King Constantine tried to get Justice for the money for the property that the government had taken from him. They tried to pull a fast one by paying him off from the disaster fund. He outsmarted them by taking the money but using it as it's after fun that he would have control of to make sure that the money went to the people who need it. This showed his generosity ( giving needy Greeks the money HE was owed) , his caring for others, & his brilliance( putting it in a fund that he could control to make sure it got to the real needy). My condolences to Queen Ann-Marie, their children & grandchildren. The world's loss is heaven's gain.

[@Ntamazaki]

What fund? In 1991 he pointed the palace in Tatoi and he sold everything at Christie's. 891 ancient greek and Roman statues,Byzantine icons of 13th and 14zh century, 17.000 rare Books 13.100 gold and silver artifacts. All those treasure didn't belong to him,but to the greek state to the greek people. He gained 14 Million euros of this auction. So don't call a thief , useless person a good king or a kind king because that's a distortion of the greek history. Regards

[@cs296]

Nothing belongs to him. It's all property of the Greeks that fought for their freedom.

[@joek600]

The whole disaster fund thing is non existent as much as the ''funds'' that Constantine ''gave to the people''. Thats just PR BS. The truth is that in 1991 he was allowed by the then PM Mitsotakis (the father of the current Greek PM) to take loads of ship containers with artifacts. The political party of ND then was far more to the right than it is today, and it was the refuge of all the old conservative royalists. Mitsotakis was trying to please them. Some artifacts and works of art were not allowed to be taken away as they were considered as the Greek State's fortune. What is VERY interesting is that there was a break in Tatoi, where many of them were removed by burglers and by ''chance'' found their way to Cristy's auction house lining the pockets of... guess who...

[@ΜικροτιταναςΜΤ]

@@cs296 το Τατοι το αγόρασαν η Όλγα και ο Γεώργιος με λεφτά που έφεραν από την Ρωσία και την Δανία

[@ΜικροτιταναςΜΤ]

@@Ntamazaki Η κινηση του βασιλια να εξαναγκσει σε παραιτηση τον Παπανδρεου ισως να μην ηταν σωστη, αλλα ο διαλλακτικος της υποθεσης, θες δεν θες, ηταν ο βασιλιας! Αυτος προτεινε στον Παπανδρεου, να διορισει οποιον θελει ως Υπουργο Εθνικης Αμυνας, μεχρι να τελειωσει το θεμα με τον ΑΣΠΙΔΑ! Η δε αποστασια, βεβαιως προετοιμαστηκε απο πριν διοτι τον ειχαν προειδοποιησει ξεκαθαρα τον Γερο, διαφορα στελεχη του, να μην φτασει στα ακρα τη διαμαχη του με το βασιλια, διοτι θα τον εγκαταλειψουν! Φυσικα και υπηρξαν ιδιοτελεις πολιτικοι σε αυτη την υποθεση, αλλα ολοκληρωτικη καταδικη των αποστατων δεν ευσταθει! Εξαλλου τι ηταν η Ενωση Κεντρου? Ενας εξαρχης θνησιγενης συνασπισμος ομαδων, ετοιμος καθε στιγμη να καταρευσει! Οπως και να'χει απο τη στιγμη που παραιτηθηκε ο Παπανδρεου(καλως η κακως), επρεπε να υπαρξει πρωθυπουργος και βασει του τοτε συνταγματος, οι μετεπειτα κινησεις του βασιλια ηταν νομιμοτατες(δες και τα πρακτικα των συμβουλιων του Στεμματος, παροντος του Παπανδρεου..) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnzKdqeGacmkq6M επίσης πήρε 13 εκατομμύρια ευρώ με τα οποία ίδρυσε το ίδρυμα Άννα-Μαρία στο οποίο συμμετείχε και η Ειρήνη Παππά αλλά τελικά η Παππά παραιτήθηκε. Επισης έχει αποδειχτεί ότι οι συνταγματάρχες έκαναν συνωμοσία για πραξικόπημα πριν καν ο Κωνσταντινος γίνει ο Βασιλεύς.... Ο Παπαδόπουλος λίγες μέρες μετά την εκτέλεση του Μπελογιάννη έκανε απόπειρα για πραξικόπημα αλλά απετυχε πατακωδώς (και ναι επίτηδες έκανα το λογοπαιγνιο) Επισης κάηκαν εγκαταλημενα κοντεινερ στο Τατόι το 2021

[@epicjaguar9725]

It's a shame he's passed away he could have had another 10+ years left if it wasn't for that stroke and his heart problems. Rest in peace your majesty

[@prokopimiden]

he died really old, older than the average greek man is expected to live , i guess being vastly wealthy and not having to work has its benefits

[@epicjaguar9725]

@@prokopimiden yeah, I suppose it does

[@Nina_Frank]

He was a wonderful man. :´[

[@epicjaguar9725]

@@Nina_Frank he sure was

[@onyenwemgerrard9932]

Please note democratic system is frustrating so backward , but I tell you this day on the death of former king the Greek monarchy shall restore, an it shall stand for ever and ever