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unusual facts about Alexander of Greece


National Garden, Athens

In 1920, at the end of World War I, Greece under King Alexander and the government of Eleftherios Venizelos remained committed to the Megali Idea (Greek for The Great Idea) that Greece should regain control from the Ottoman Empire of portions of Asia Minor on the Ionian coast.


Manos family

Aspasia Manos (1896–1972), daughter of Petros (above), wife of King Alexander of Greece, mother of Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia and grandmother of the current Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

Further prominence for the family ensued from the controversial marriage of Aspasia Manos to King Alexander I of Greece.


see also

Petros Manos

Petros Manos (officer) (1871–1918), colonel, father-in-law of King Alexander of Greece, see Manos family