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|Grand Duke Nicholas
|Grand Duke Nicholas{{efn|name=notea|Its unclear who is meant by these two. There were five Nicholases alive that it could refer to, but three of them were preteens. From oldest to youngest they were:
# [[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder]] (b. 1831, brother of Alexander II; likely the Grand Duke in mind)
# [[Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia|Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich]] (b. 1843, son of Alexander II and the crown prince; likely the Prince in mind)
# [[Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia|Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich]] (b. 1850, nephew of Alexander II and future brother-in-law to King George I)
# [[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Younger]] (b. 1856, nephew of Alexander II and son of Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder)
# [[Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia|Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich]] (b. 1859, nephew of Alexander II)
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|[[Republicanism|A Republic]]
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|[[House of Romanov|A Russian Prince]]
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|[[House of Romanov|An Imperial Prince of Russia]]
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|[[House of Bernadotte|A Prince of Sweden]]
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==Aftermath==
Despite the apparently overwhelming support for Alfred at 95.36%, and the declaration by the Assembly that Alfred was elected as king, the Great Powers refused to alter their position, and Alfred declined the throne. The runner-up, Prince Leuchtenberg, as well as several of the other candidates, were also unacceptable to the Great Powers since they were members of the French and Russian royal families, also excluded from contention by the London Conference.<ref name=clogg/> The Greeks and Great Powers considered alternative candidates, and their choice eventually fell to Prince William of Denmark, who was the second son of Prince [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian of Denmark]]. William was elected unanimously by the Greek Assembly, becoming "George I, King of the Hellenes", and reigned for the next 50 years.<ref>Woodhouse, p. 170</ref> Prince Alfred was created Duke of Edinburgh by his mother in 1866,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23119|page=3127|date=25 May 1866}}</ref> and became the reigning Duke of [[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] in Germany in 1893.<ref>e.g. ''Statesman's Yearbook 1898''</ref>
The Greeks and Great Powers considered alternative candidates, and their choice eventually fell to Prince William of Denmark, who was the second son of Prince [[Christian IX of Denmark|Christian of Denmark]]. He had received six votes, but was among the few acceptable candidates on the list. He was elected unanimously by the Greek Assembly, becoming "George I, King of the Hellenes", and reigned for the next 50 years.<ref>Woodhouse, p. 170</ref> William was supported by fourth placed [[Alexander II of Russia]] and married his niece [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Olga Constantinovna]] alongside converting to [[Eastern Orthodoxy]].
Prince Alfred was created Duke of Edinburgh by his mother in 1866,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23119|page=3127|date=25 May 1866}}</ref> and became the reigning Duke of [[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] in Germany in 1893.<ref>e.g. ''Statesman's Yearbook 1898''</ref>
At George's enthronement, to the great joy of the Greeks, the British government announced that they would cede the [[United States of the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]] to Greece as a goodwill gesture.<ref>''[[The Times|The Times (London)]]'', 8 June 1863, p. 12, col. C</ref>
== Notes ==
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