Constantine I of Greece
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A portrait of Constantine I of Greece circa 1921
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| King of the Hellenes | |
| First reign | 18 March 1913 – 11 June 1917 |
| Predecessor | George I |
| Successor | Alexander |
| Second reign | 19 December 1920 – 27 September 1922 |
| Predecessor | Alexander |
| Successor | George II |
| Born |
2 August 1868 Athens, Kingdom of Greece |
| Died | 11 January 1923 (aged 54) Palermo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Burial | 14 January 1923 Naples, Italy, then Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece |
| Spouse | Sophia of Prussia (m. 1889) |
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George II of Greece Alexander of Greece Queen Helen of Romania Paul of Greece Princess Irene Princess Katherine |
| House | Glücksburg |
| Father | George I of Greece |
| Mother | Olga Constantinovna of Russia |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
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| Reference style | His Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Constantine I (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Αʹ, Βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων, Konstantínos Αʹ, Vasiléfs ton Ellínon; 2 August [O.S. 21 July] 1868 – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 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. He succeeded to the throne of Greece on 18 March 1913, following his father's assassination.
His disagreement with Eleftherios Venizelos over whether Greece should enter World War I led to the National Schism. Constantine forced Venizelos to resign twice, but in 1917 he left Greece, after threats of 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 was succeeded by his eldest son, George II. Constantine died in exile four months later, in Sicily.
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