Greek Pretenders
The claimant to the throne of the last Greek kingdom is Constantine II, who reigned as king from 1964 to 1973, of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (a branch of the House of Oldenburg), whose designated heir is his son Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece. There are pretenders to other Greek thrones:
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