Otto of Greece
King of Greece (1832-1862)
English: King Otto of Greece, also Prince of Bavaria (June 1, 1815 – July 26, 1867) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832 under the en:Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the en:Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire). He was the second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria with Queen Therese
. He married Amalia of Oldenburg, but kept mistresses, including the British adventuress Jane Digby.
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Date of birth | 1 June 1815 Salzburg Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Bayern | ||||
Date of death | 26 July 1867 Bamberg | ||||
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Portrait of Prince Otto of Bavaria, circa 1820
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Einzug König Ottos in Nauplia von Peter von Hess, 1835
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Portrait of King Otto of Greece
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Painting by Gottlieb Bodmer (1804 – 1837).
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in exile, 1865
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in exile, later years
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The signatures of the participants in the Greek National Assembly, which resulted from the September 3rd 1843 revolution that demanded a constitution from then-king Otto.