Otto I Friedrich Of Greece
1815 - 1867 (52 years)
Generation: 1
1. Otto I Friedrich Of Greece was born on 01 Jun 1815 in Salzburg, Austria; died on 26 Jul 1867 in Bamberg, Germany; was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Notes:
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Otto I, king of Greece
181567, first king of the Hellenes (183362). The second son of King Louis I of Bavaria, h e was chosen (1832) by a conference of European powers at London to rule newly independent Gr eece. He ascended the throne under a highly unpopular regency of Bavarians. A military coup ( 1843) forced a constitution on the king. His authority was further weakened when Greece sough t to attack Turkey in 1854 after the outbreak of the Crimean War; France and Britain as a res ult occupied the port of Piraeus (Pirai©bvs). The kings attempts to discard the constitutio n led to another military revolt (1862) and to his deposition. In 1863 the Greeks chose a Dan ish prince to become their king as George I.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ot/Otto1-Gr.htmlOtto married Amalia Of Oldenburg on 22 Nov 1836 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Amalia (daughter of Augustus Of Oldenburg) was born on 21 Dec 1818 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 20 May 1875 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]