Otto was forced to oblige there were elections held in October and November and led to the National Assembly of 1943. Representatives of the rebels met with Otto, and asked that they gain political rights, rather than Otto’s withdrawal. However, the discontent grew stronger and eventually led to a rebellion on 3 September 1943. The discontent of the people due to the policies of Otto, as well as the clashing interests of the Great Powers, demanded for the creation of a constitution. The management was highly bureaucratic, based on foreign systems that did not take into consideration any local peculiarities. During the regency, life in Greece was harsh the army was led to dissolution, many heroes of the Greek Revolution were arrested and many more were killed. As he was still underage, three regents were appointed to govern the country until the King would come of age two years later. One year later, Otto reached Nafplio and had a warm reception by the locals. In 1832, Otto was chosen as King of Greece, after the refusal of Leopold of Saxony, who later became King of the newly formed Kingdom of Belgium. In 1830, as the governor of Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias was considered of having pro – Russian beliefs, Britain managed to convince the other Great Powers in the creation of a Greek Kingdom. In fact, his father wanted him to follow parochial education and commissioned a Catholic priest to teach his son. He received education that was proper for a secondary position in the state hierarchy. His full name was Otto Friedrich Ludwig von Wittelsback and he was born in 1815 in Salzburg, Austria.
Otto of Greece was a prince of Bavaria and later became the first King of the Kingdom of Greece, under the formal title King of Greece.
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