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Today is 154 years since the birth of HRH Prince George of Greece and Denmark High Commissioner of Crete (24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957) was the second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia.He served as high commissioner of the Cretan State during its transition towards independence from Ottoman rule and union with Greece.

From 1883, George lived at Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen with Prince Valdemar of Denmark, his father's younger brother. The queen had taken the boy to Denmark to enlist him in the Danish royal navy and consigned him to the care of Valdemar, who was an admiral in the Danish fleet. Feeling abandoned by his father on this occasion, George would later describe to his fiancée the profound attachment he developed for his uncle from that day forward.

In 1891, George accompanied his cousin the Tsesarevich Nicholas on his voyage to Asia, and saved him from an assassination attempt in Japan, in what became known as the Ōtsu Incident.

George, along with his brothers Constantine and Nicholas, were involved with the organization of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. George served as president of the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports. He served as a judge for the weightlifting competition, and demonstrated his strength by clearing the weights at the end of the event.

Following a Parisian luncheon between King George and Prince Roland Bonaparte in September 1906 during which the king agreed to the prospect of a marriage between their children, George met Roland's daughter,on 19 July 1907 at the Bonapartes' home in Paris.A member of one of the non-imperial branches of the Bonaparte dynasty, she was an heiress to the Blanc casino fortune through her mother.
George wed Marie civilly in Paris on 21 November 1907, and in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in Athens the following December.
Prince George and Princess Marie had two children,
HRH Prince Petros of Greece and Denmark
HRH Princess Eugenia of Greece and Denmark.

On 21 November 1957 Princess Marie and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Prince George died 25 November 1957, aged eighty-eight, the longest-living dynast of the House of Oldenburg of his generation. He was buried at Tatoi Royal Cemetery with Danish and Greek flags, his wedding ring, a lock of Valdemar's hair, a photo of Valdemar, and earth from Bernstorff.Prince George was the last living child of King George and Queen Olga.
Georgioupolis, a coastal resort between Chania and Rethimno, was named after Prince George.

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Today is 154 years since the birth of HRH Prince George of Greece and Denmark High Commissioner of Crete (24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957) was the second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia.He served as high commissioner of the Cretan State during its transition towards independence from Ottoman rule and union with Greece.

From 1883, George lived at Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen with Prince Valdemar of Denmark, his father's younger brother. The queen had taken the boy to Denmark to enlist him in the Danish royal navy and consigned him to the care of Valdemar, who was an admiral in the Danish fleet. Feeling abandoned by his father on this occasion, George would later describe to his fiancée the profound attachment he developed for his uncle from that day forward.

In 1891, George accompanied his cousin the Tsesarevich Nicholas on his voyage to Asia, and saved him from an assassination attempt in Japan, in what became known as the Ōtsu Incident.

George, along with his brothers Constantine and Nicholas, were involved with the organization of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. George served as president of the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports. He served as a judge for the weightlifting competition, and demonstrated his strength by clearing the weights at the end of the event.

Following a Parisian luncheon between King George and Prince Roland Bonaparte in September 1906 during which the king agreed to the prospect of a marriage between their children, George met Roland's daughter,on 19 July 1907 at the Bonapartes' home in Paris.A member of one of the non-imperial branches of the Bonaparte dynasty, she was an heiress to the Blanc casino fortune through her mother.
George wed Marie civilly in Paris on 21 November 1907, and in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in Athens the following December.
Prince George and Princess Marie had two children,
HRH Prince Petros of Greece and Denmark
HRH Princess Eugenia of Greece and Denmark.

On 21 November 1957 Princess Marie and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Prince George died 25 November 1957, aged eighty-eight, the longest-living dynast of the House of Oldenburg of his generation. He was buried at Tatoi Royal Cemetery with Danish and Greek flags, his wedding ring, a lock of Valdemar's hair, a photo of Valdemar, and earth from Bernstorff.Prince George was the last living child of King George and Queen Olga.
Georgioupolis, a coastal resort between Chania and Rethimno, was named after Prince George.