Il est marié avec Olga Konstantinova van Rusland.
Ils se sont mariés en l'an 1867, il avait 21 ans.
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Originally a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_monarchy">Danish prince, George was born in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen">Copenhagen, and seemed destined for a career in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy">Royal Danish Navy. He was only 17 years old when he was elected king by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament#History">Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the unpopular former king https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_of_Greece">Otto. His nomination was both suggested and supported by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Powers">Great Powers: the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_French_Empire">Second French Empire and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire">Russian Empire. He married the Russian grand duchess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Constantinovna_of_Russia">Olga Constantinovna of Russia, and became the first monarch of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl%C3%BCcksburg">new Greek dynasty. Two of his sisters, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark">Alexandra and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Feodorovna_(Dagmar_of_Denmark)">Dagmar, married into the British and Russian royal families. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Edward_VII">King Edward VII and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Alexander_III">Tsar Alexander III were his brothers-in-law and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V">King George V and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Nicholas_II">Tsar Nicholas II were his nephews.
George's reign of almost 50 years (the longest in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Greek_history">modern Greek history) was characterized by territorial gains as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece">Greece established its place in pre-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I">World War I Europe. Britain ceded the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands">Ionian Islands peacefully, while https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly">Thessaly was annexed from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman Empire ;after the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878)">Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Greece was not always successful in its territorial ambitions; it was defeated in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1897)">Greco-Turkish War (1897). During the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Balkan_War">First Balkan War, after Greek troops had captured much of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Macedonia">Greek Macedonia, George was assassinated in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki. Compared with his own long tenure, the reigns of his successors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece">Constantine, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Greece">Alexander, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Greece">George II proved short and insecure.
Als eerste Griekse monarch van een nieuwe dynastie, werd zijn 50 jaar lange regering (de langste in de moderne Griekse geschiedenis) gekenmerkt door de territoriale winsten van Griekenland en vestigde het zijn plaats in de periode voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Twee weken voor zijn 50-jarig regeringsjubileum en tijdens de Eerste Balkanoorlog werd George vermoord. In scherp contrast met zijn eigen regering, waren de regeringen van zijn opvolgers kort en onveilig.
George I leefde sober, werkte hard en reisde vier jaar door het land om de moeilijkheden van zijn volk te leren kennen. Deense architecten zetten de bouwactiviteiten voort, die de Beierse bouwmeesters onder Otto I begonnen waren.
Ondanks de democratische grondwet van 1864 (algemeen mannenkiesrecht, vrijheid van pers en godsdienst) bleef Griekenland van een stabiele democratie verstoken. Dé strijdvraag van ministerie en parlement bleef: de nog onder Turks bewind staande Griekse gebieden met geweld bevrijden of de Turken te vriend houden om aan het economische herstel van eigen land te kunnen werken.
Als huwelijksgeschenk voor de nieuwe koning had Engeland in 1864 de Ionische Eilanden afgestaan
n 1913, na de Balkanoorlogen, volgden Kreta, Noord-Griekenland en een aantal Egeïsche eilanden. In datzelfde jaar werd de populaire koning George I, toen hij door de straten van de pas verworven stad Thessaloníki wandelde, door een geesteszieke doodgeschoten. Zijn oudste zoon Constantijn volgde hem op.
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