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Constantine I 1868-1923
King of Greece

Born in Athens, he was the son and successor (1913) of George I. As a military commander he was unsuccessful in the Turkish War (1897), but led the Greeks to victory in the Balkan War (1912-13). Brother-in-law to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, he insisted on Greek neutrality in World War I, but was forced to retire in favour of his son Alexander by the rival government of Eleutherios Venizelos and the Allies (1917). In 1920 he was restored to the throne by plebiscite, but after a military revolt (1922), abdicated again in favour of his son George II.