Constantine I Oldenburg King Of GreeceAge: 541868–1923
- Name
- Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
- Given names
- Constantine I
- Surname
- Oldenburg
- Name suffix
- King Of Greece
| Birth | 2 August 1868 22 17 Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a brother | 1869 (Age 4 months)
younger brother -
George Oldenburg
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 4 months) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a sister | 1870 (Age 16 months)
younger sister -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Birth of a brother | 1872 (Age 3)
younger brother -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 3) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 4) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 6) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a sister | 1876 (Age 7)
younger sister -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 9) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 10) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 11) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a brother | 1882 (Age 13)
younger brother -
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 13) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 14) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 18) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Birth of a brother | 1888 (Age 19)
younger brother -
Christopher Oldenburg
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| Marriage | Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia - View family 27 October 1889 (Age 21) Athens, Greece |
| Marriage of a sister | Princess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family 1889 (Age 20)
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
younger sister -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 20) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 19 July 1890 (Age 21) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 21) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a sister | 1891 (Age 22)
younger sister -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 22) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1892 (Age 23)
maternal grandfather -
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1892 (Age 23) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1 August 1893 (Age 24) Tatoi, Greece |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 24) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 25) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 26) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 2 May 1896 (Age 27) Athens, Greece
daughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 27) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 28) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 29 September 1898 (Age 30) Bernstorff, Germany
paternal grandmother -
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 29) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 30) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary … - View family 1900 (Age 31)
brother-in-law -
George Romanov
younger sister -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 31) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Birth of a son #4 | 14 December 1901 (Age 33) Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 32) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Nicholas … Of Greece - View family 1902 (Age 33)
younger brother -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
sister-in-law -
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 33) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Andrew … Of Greece - View family 1903 (Age 34)
younger brother -
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
sister-in-law -
Princess Alice … Of Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 34) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 35) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 29 January 1906 (Age 37) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
paternal grandfather -
Christian IX … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 37) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a brother | George Oldenburg - View family 1907 (Age 38)
younger brother -
George Oldenburg
sister-in-law -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 39) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 40) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 41) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1911 (Age 42)
maternal grandmother -
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 42) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 43) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1913 (Age 44)
son -
Child 6 …
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| Death of a father | 18 March 1913 (Age 44) Salonika, Greece |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 44) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 44) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 45) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 46) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 47) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 48) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 49) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Marriage of a son | Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 4 November 1919 (Age 51) Athens, Greece
daughter-in-law -
Aspasia Manos
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 50) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Marriage of a brother | Christopher Oldenburg - View family 1920 (Age 51)
younger brother -
Christopher Oldenburg
sister-in-law -
Anastasia Stewart
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| Death of a son | 25 October 1920 (Age 52) Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 51) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1921 (Age 52)
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Marriage of a son | George II Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 February 1921 (Age 52) Bucharest, Romania
daughter-in-law -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Helen … Of Greece - View family 10 March 1921 (Age 52) Athens, Greece
son-in-law -
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
daughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Birth of a grandson #2 | 25 October 1921 (Age 53) Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
grandson -
Michael Hohenzollern King Of Romania
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 52) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage of a sister | Mary … - View family 1922 (Age 53)
brother-in-law -
Perikles Joannides …
younger sister -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1922 (Age 53) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 54) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death | 11 January 1923 (Age 54) Palermo, Italy |
| Burial | November 1936 (13 years after death) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Birth 24 December 1845 27 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 18 March 1913 (Age 67) Salonika, Greece Loading...
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5 years mother |
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Birth 1851 24 21 Death 1926 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: 1867 |
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19 months #1 himself |
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 2 August 1868 22 17 Athens, Greece Death 11 January 1923 (Age 54) Palermo, Italy Loading...
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5 months #2 younger brother |
George Oldenburg
Birth 1869 23 18 Death 1957 (Age 88) Loading...
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1 year #3 younger sister |
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Birth 1870 24 19 Death 1891 (Age 21) Loading...
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2 years #4 younger brother |
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
Birth 1872 26 21 Death 1938 (Age 66) Loading...
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4 years #5 younger sister |
Mary …
Birth 1876 30 25 Death 1940 (Age 64) Loading...
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6 years #6 younger brother |
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
Birth 1882 36 31 Death 1944 (Age 62) Loading...
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6 years #7 younger brother |
Christopher Oldenburg
Birth 1888 42 37 Death 1940 (Age 52) Loading...
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| #8 sister |
Olga …
Death yes Loading...
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| Family with Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia - View family |
| himself |
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 2 August 1868 22 17 Athens, Greece Death 11 January 1923 (Age 54) Palermo, Italy Loading...
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22 months wife |
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Birth 14 June 1870 38 29 Potsdam, Germany Death 13 January 1932 (Age 61) Frankfurt, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: 27 October 1889 — Athens, Greece |
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9 months #1 son |
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 19 July 1890 21 20 Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece Death 1 April 1947 (Age 56) Athens, Greece Loading...
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3 years #2 son |
Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 1 August 1893 24 23 Tatoi, Greece Death 25 October 1920 (Age 27) Athens, Greece Loading...
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3 years #3 daughter |
Princess Helen … Of Greece
Birth 2 May 1896 27 25 Athens, Greece Death 28 November 1982 (Age 86) Lausanne, Switzerland Loading...
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6 years #4 son |
Paul I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 14 December 1901 33 31 Athens, Greece Death 6 March 1964 (Age 62) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece Loading...
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| #5 son |
Child 5 …
Death yes Loading...
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| #6 son |
Child 6 …
Birth 1913 44 42 Death yes Loading...
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Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece has 30 first cousins recorded
Father's family (26)
Parents Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark + Louise … Of Sweden
Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Parents Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Parents Duke Ernest Augustus Hanover Of Cumberland + Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
Mother's family (4)
Parents Nicholas Romanov + Nadezhda Dreyer
Parents Constantine Romanov + Elizabeth …
Extra information
Internal reference
I6472
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