Otto of Greece

King of Greece

1 June 1815 Salzburg, Austrian Empire

26 July 1867(1867-07-26) (52) Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria

9 October 1831 – 23 March 1832

"Otho I" redirects here. For the German king, see Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. King of Greece This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (July 2021) Click for important translation instructions. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 4,145 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated page}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. OttoKing of GreeceReign27 May 1832 – 23 October 1862SuccessorGeorge I (as King of the Hellenes)RegentJosef Ludwig von Armansperg (1832–1835)Prime Ministers See list Spyridon Trikoupis Alexandros Mavrokordatos Ioannis Kolettis Josef Ludwig von Armansperg Ignaz von Rudhart Andreas Metaxas Konstantinos Kanaris Kitsos Tzavelas Georgios Kountouriotis Athanasios Miaoulis Gennaios Kolokotronis Born(1815-06-01 ) 1 June 1815 Salzburg, Austrian EmpireDied26 July 1867(1867-07-26) (aged 52) Bamberg, Kingdom of BavariaBurialTheatinerkirche, MunichSpouseAmalia of Oldenburg ​(m. 1836)​HouseWittelsbachFatherLudwig I of BavariaMotherTherese of Saxe-HildburghausenReligionRoman Catholicism Otto Friedrich Ludwig (Greek: Όθων , Óthon; 1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867) was a Bavarian prince who ruled as King of Greece from the establishment of the monarchy on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed on 23 October 1862. The second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended the newly created throne of Greece at age 17. His government was initially run by a three-man regency council made up of Bavarian court officials. Upon reaching his majority, Otto removed the regents when they proved unpopular with the people, and he ruled as an absolute monarch. Eventually his subjects' demands for a constitution proved overwhelming, and in the face of an armed (but bloodless) insurrection, Otto granted a constitution in 1843. Throughout his reign Otto was unable to resolve Greece's poverty and prevent economic meddling from outside. Greek politics in this era were based on affiliations with the three Great Powers that had guaranteed Greece's independence, Britain, France and Russia, and Otto's ability to maintain the support of the powers was key to his remaining in power. To remain strong, Otto had to play the interests of each of the Great Powers' Greek adherents against the others, while not irritating the Great Powers. When Greece was blockaded by the British Royal Navy in 1850 and again in 1854, to stop Greece from attacking the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War, Otto's standing amongst Greeks suffered. As a result, there was an assassination attempt on Queen Amalia, and finally in 1862 Otto was deposed while in the countryside. He died in exile in Bavaria in 1867.