CONSTANTINE


Meaning of CONSTANTINE in English

n.

Greek Constantinos

born Aug. 2, 1868, Athens, Greece

died Jan. 11, 1923, Palermo, Italy

King of Greece (1913–17, 1920–22).

Son of King George I of the Hellenes (1845–1913), he was educated in Germany and was commander in chief of Greek forces in the Balkan Wars . He succeeded his father in 1913, but his neutralist, yet essentially pro-German, attitude during World War I caused the Allies and his Greek opponents to depose him in 1917. He was restored to the throne in 1920, but, after a catastrophic war in Anatolia, he abdicated in favor of his son, George II , in 1922.

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