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Constantine I Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ Konstantínos I
Constantine I in 1921
King of the Hellenes
First reign
18 March 1913 – 11 June 1917
Swearing in
21 March 1913
Predecessor
George I
Successor
Alexander
Prime ministers
See list
Eleftherios Venizelos
Dimitrios Gounaris
Alexandros Zaimis
Stephanos Skouloudis
Alexandros Zaimis
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
Spyridon Lambros
Second reign
19 December 1920 – 27 September 1922
Predecessor
Alexander
Successor
George II
Prime ministers
See list
Nikolaos Stratos
Petros Protopapadakis
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos
Born
(1868-08-02)2 August 1868 Athens, Greece
Died
11 January 1923(1923-01-11) (aged 54) Palermo, Italy
Burial
14 January 1923
Naples, Italy
22 November 1936
Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Athens, Greece
Spouse
Sophia of Prussia
(m. 1889)
Issue
George II, King of Greece
Alexander, King of Greece
Helen, Queen Mother of Romania
Paul, King of Greece
Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta
Princess Katherine, Lady Katherine Brandram
House
Glücksburg
Father
George I of Greece
Mother
Olga Constantinovna of Russia
Signature
Military career
Allegiance
Kingdom of Greece
German Empire
Service/branch
Hellenic Army
Imperial German Army
Rank
Field marshal
Unit
German Imperial Guard
Commands held
Army of Thessaly
Army of Epirus
Commander-in-Chief of the Hellenic Army
Battles/wars
Greco-Turkish War (1897)
Battle of Domokos
Balkan Wars
First Balkan War
Battle of Sarantaporo
Battle of Yenidje
Battle of Bizani
Second Balkan War
Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas
Battle of Doiran
Battle of Demir Hisar
Battle of Kresna Gorge
Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir
Constantine I (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, Konstantínos I; 2 August [O.S. 21 July] 1868 – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece expanded to include Thessaloniki, doubling in area and population. The eldest son of George I of Greece, he succeeded to the throne following his father's assassination in 1913.
Constantine's disagreement with Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos over whether Greece should enter World War I led to the National Schism. Under Allied duress, the country was essentially split between the pro-Venizelos North and the royalist South, ushering in a protracted civil war.[1] He forced Venizelos to resign twice, but in 1917 Constantine left Greece, after threats by the Entente forces to bombard Athens; his second son, Alexander, became king. After Alexander's death, Venizelos' defeat in the 1920 legislative elections, and a plebiscite in favor of his return, Constantine was reinstated. He abdicated the throne for the second and last time in 1922, when Greece lost the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, and this time was succeeded by his eldest son, George II. Constantine died on 11 January 1923 in exile in Sicily, Italy, from heart failure and brain haemorrhage.
^Beaton, Roderick (16 October 2019). Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-67374-5.
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