1832, shall receive an extension by the union of the Ionian Islands with the Hellenic Kingdom, when such union, proposed by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, shall have been found to be in accordance with the wishes of the Ionian Parliament[1], and shall have obtained the assent of the Courts of Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia[2].
and to be comprised in the guarantee.Art. V. The Ionian Islands, when their union with the Kingdom of Greece shall have been effected, shall be comprised in the guarantee stipulated by Article III of the present Treaty.
The crowns of Greece and Denmark separate.Art. VI. In no case shall the Crown of Greece and the Crown of Denmark be united on the same head[3].
The King's successors to be of the Orthodox faith.Art. VII. In conformity with the principle of the Hellenic Constitution recognized by the Treaty signed at London on the 2oth of November, 1852[4], and proclaimed by the Decree of the National Assembly of Greece of the 30th of March, 1863, the legitimate successors of King George I must profess the tenets of the Orthodox Church of the East[5].
The King's majority.Art. VIII. The majority of Prince William of Denmark, fixed by the law of the Royal family at eighteen years complete, that is to say, on the 24th of December, 1863, shall be considered as attained before that date, if a Decree of the National Assembly should recognize the necessity thereof[6].
Augumentations of the Civil List:Art. IX. At the moment when the union of the Ionian Islands with the Hellenic Kingdom shall take place, according to the terms of Article IV of the present Treaty, from the Ionian Islands;Her Britannic Majesty will recommend to the Government of the United States of the Ionian Islands to appropriate annually a sum of ten thousand pounds sterling[7] to augment the civil list of His Majesty George I, King of the Greeks[8].
- ↑ Given by a vote of 19th October, 1863.
- ↑ Given by the Treaty of 14th November, 1863 (Texts, No. VII).
- ↑ Cf. Texts, No. IV.
- ↑ This Treaty provided: (1) that Bavarian Princes, succeeding in default of heirs of King Otho, must profess the faith of the orthodox Church of the East, (2) that Queen Marie-Amélie, if left a widow, is to be Regent. N. R. G, xvii, P. 2, 69.
- ↑ Cf. the Protocol of 29th March, 1864 (Texts, No. X).
- ↑ This was done by a Decree of 27th June, 1863.
- ↑ This appropriation was made by a vote of 19th October, 1863.
- ↑ See Protocol of 13th October, 1863; and the Treaty of 29th March, 1864. Art. 5 (Texts, No. IX).
