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Foreign News
July 8, 1890
Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Telegram from Athens reports King George of Greece will abdicate in November in favor of his son, the Duke of Sparta, reportedly a condition of the Duke's marriage to Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister of the Kaiser.
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King George Will Abdicate In November.
LONDON, July 8.—A telegram from Athens says that the King of Greece has decided to abdicate in favor of the Duke of Sparta in November. A similar report has been in circulation several times before, but this is said to be based on authority which cannot be disputed.
It was said at the time of the marriage of the Duke of Sparta to Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister of the kaiser, that the early retirement of King George in favor of his son was one of the conditions, indeed the chief condition, of the emperor's consent to the alliance. Although the crown prince is of Russo-Danish extraction, he is by birth a Greek, having been born in Athens in 1868.
LONDON, July 8.—A telegram from Athens says that the King of Greece has decided to abdicate in favor of the Duke of Sparta in November. A similar report has been in circulation several times before, but this is said to be based on authority which cannot be disputed.
It was said at the time of the marriage of the Duke of Sparta to Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister of the kaiser, that the early retirement of King George in favor of his son was one of the conditions, indeed the chief condition, of the emperor's consent to the alliance. Although the crown prince is of Russo-Danish extraction, he is by birth a Greek, having been born in Athens in 1868.
What sub-type of article is it?
Royal Event
Political
What keywords are associated?
King George Abdication
Duke Of Sparta Succession
Greece Royal Marriage
Princess Sophia Prussia
What entities or persons were involved?
King George
Duke Of Sparta
Princess Sophia Of Prussia
Kaiser
Where did it happen?
Athens
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Athens
Event Date
November
Key Persons
King George
Duke Of Sparta
Princess Sophia Of Prussia
Kaiser
Outcome
abdication in favor of the duke of sparta
Event Details
King of Greece decides to abdicate in November for his son, the Duke of Sparta; linked to marriage conditions with Princess Sophia of Prussia; Duke born in Athens in 1868.