# Otto of Greece

> A Bavarian teenager installed as Greece's first modern king, Otto spent three decades trying to satisfy restless subjects, meddling empires, and his own vision of enlightened rule — until none of it was enough.

*King of Greece (1832-1862)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/otto-of-greece

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1815-06-01
- **Died:** 1867-07-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach arrived in Greece at seventeen on 7 May 1832, the second son of Bavaria's King Ludwig I, crowned under a treaty among European powers who had carved out a new kingdom. A regency council of Bavarian officials ran the country until he came of age, then he dismissed them and ruled as an absolute monarch. Pressure from below forced him to grant a constitution in 1843 after an armed but bloodless uprising. He built schools and state institutions but couldn't fix Greece's poverty or shield it from foreign interference; survival meant balancing the Greek factions loyal to Britain, France, and Russia without angering any of the three. British blockades in 1850 and 1854 — imposed to keep Greece from attacking Ottoman territory during the Crimean War — gutted his credibility, and an attempt on Queen Amalia's life followed. In October 1862, while Otto was traveling in the countryside, he was deposed. He died in Bavarian exile five years later.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #140

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Royalty, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_of_Greece)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77067)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Otto%20of%20Greece)
- [أوتو ملك اليونان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [اوتو ملك اليونان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [اوتو، (یونان) شاهی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%8C_(%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86)_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C)
- [Otto (Yunanıstan kralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_(Yunan%C4%B1stan_kral%C4%B1))
- [Отан (кароль Грэцыі)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96))
- [Отан (кароль Грэцыі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96))
- [Отон I Гръцки](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_I_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Otó I de Grècia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ot%C3%B3_I_de_Gr%C3%A8cia)
- [Ota I. Řecký](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_I._%C5%98eck%C3%BD)
- [Otto 1. af Grækenland](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_1._af_Gr%C3%A6kenland)
- [Otto (Griechenland)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_(Griechenland))
- [Όθων Α΄ της Ελλάδας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CE%B8%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Otto la 1-a (Grekio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_la_1-a_(Grekio))
- [Otón I de Grecia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ot%C3%B3n_I_de_Grecia)
- [Otto I (Kreeka)](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I_(Kreeka))
- [Oto Greziakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oto_Greziakoa)
- [اوتو، شاه یونان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Otto (Kreikka)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_(Kreikka))
- [Otto faan Grichenlun](https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_faan_Grichenlun)
- [Othon Ier (roi de Grèce)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othon_Ier_(roi_de_Gr%C3%A8ce))
- [Otto de Grecia](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_de_Grecia)
- [אותון, מלך יוון](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9F%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9F)
- [Otto van Griekeland](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_van_Griekeland)
- [Odda Creca Cyning](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odda_Creca_Cyning)

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