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Otto of Greece

1815 - 1867

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Otto (Greek: Όθων, romanized: Óthon; German: Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsbach; 1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867) was a Bavarian prince who ruled as King of Greece from the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed in October 1862. The second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended the newly created throne of Greece at age 17. His government was initially run by a three-man regency council made up of Bavarian court officials. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto of Greece has received more than 1,434,821 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Otto of Greece is the 1,601st most popular politician (up from 1,664th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Austria (up from 120th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Austrian Politician.

Otto of Greece is most famous for being the first king of modern Greece. He was also a prince of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which was a branch of the House of Oldenburg. Otto was born in 1845 to King George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. He ascended to the throne in 1863 after his father was deposed. Otto was overthrown in a coup in 1923.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto of Greece ranks 1,601 out of 15,577. Before him are Damocles, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Emperor Renzong of Song, Prince Marko, Bimbisara, and Almanzor. After him are Seti II, Hoshea, Ramiz Alia, Theophanu, Charles-Henri Sanson, and Faisal II of Iraq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Otto of Greece ranks 6. Before him are Otto von Bismarck, John Bosco, George Boole, Ada Lovelace, and Karl Weierstrass. After him are Adolph Menzel, Thomas Couture, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Louis-Jules Trochu, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Ildefons Cerdà. Among people deceased in 1867, Otto of Greece ranks 7. Before him are Michael Faraday, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Charles Baudelaire, Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor Kōmei, and Théodore Rousseau. After him are Franz Bopp, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Sakamoto Ryōma, Maria Theresa of Austria, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Elias Howe.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto of Greece ranks 118 out of 1,237. Before him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Józef Poniatowski (1763), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743), Karl Polanyi (1886), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339), and Fritz Pregl (1869). After him are Karl von Frisch (1886), Josef Breuer (1842), Amon Göth (1908), Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), and Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Otto of Greece ranks 38. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743), and Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339). After him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679), Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756), Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1754), Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1751), and Maria Josepha of Austria (1699).

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