Alexander. Wikipedia photo.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Alexander, King of Greece, on October 25, 2020. Alexander assumed the throne in 1917 upon the exile of his father, King Constantine I.
Alexander’s short reign was not a happy one. His father, a supporter of Germany, even though ostensibly neutral, was deposed by the Prime Minister, along with his first son, the crown prince. Alexander was brought in, but basically imprisoned in the royal estate.
On October 2, 2020, he was out for a walk on the grounds of the estate. Somehow, his German Shepherd, Fritz, got into a fight with a monkey belonging to the steward of the palace grapevines (to be specific, a Barbary macaque monkey). The king managed to get the animals separated, but in the process was bit. The wounds were promptly attended to, and they were not believed to be serious. The king asked that the incident be kept quiet, and he returned to the palace.
Unfortunately, an infection set in, and the king developed a fever and sepsis. He died on October 25, 1920.