
The former king of Greece, Constantine II, has passed away at the age of 82. Born on June 2, 1940 in Athens, he ascended the throne on March 6, 1964, at the age of 24, succeeding his father, Paul I, upon his death.
In September of the same year, he married the then princess of Denmark, Anna Maria, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. During his reign as king, the neighboring country was characterized by political instability, which culminated in a military coup on April 21, 1967.
A few months later, he was forced to flee the country after leading an unsuccessful counter-coup against the then military junta.
He remained in Rome until the junta abolished the monarchy in 1973. In a referendum called by a government led by former president Konstantinos Karamanlis after the fall of the junta in 1974, Greeks rejected the monarchy for the second time, making Constantine the last king of Greece.