Back Αντιβασιλεία Όθωνα Greek Consejo de regencia de Otón I de Grecia Spanish Conseil de Régence grec French
Kingdom of Greece Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος | |||||||||
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| 1833–1835 | |||||||||
 The Kingdom of Greece and the United States of the Ionian Islands after Greek independence | |||||||||
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| Official languages | Greek and German | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Greek | ||||||||
| Government | absolute monarchy (under regency) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Modern | ||||||||
• Arrival of King Otto in Greece | 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1833 | ||||||||
• Coming-of-age of King Otto | 1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1835 | ||||||||
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A regency council (Greek: Αντιβασιλεία, German: Regentschaft) ruled the Kingdom of Greece in 1833–1835, during the minority of King Otto. The council was appointed by Otto's father, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and comprised three men: Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, Georg Ludwig von Maurer, and Carl Wilhelm von Heideck. The first period of the regency saw major reforms in administration, including the establishment of an autocephalous Church of Greece. The regency's authoritarianism and distrust of the Greek political parties, especially the Russian Party, which was associated with the period of Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias and was particularly opposed to the Church reforms, led to a quick eroding of its popularity. Armansperg was the council's chairman, but increasingly clashed with the other two regents, who in turn aligned with the French Party under Ioannis Kolettis. The main domestic event of the early period was the arrest and sham trial of Theodoros Kolokotronis, a hero of the Greek War of Independence and the de facto leader of the Russian Party, in 1834. This rallied the opposition against the regency, helped provoke a major uprising in the Mani Peninsula, and fatally undermined the prestige of Maurer and Heideck versus Armansperg. The conflict was resolved in Armansperg's favour in July 1834, when Maurer was replaced by Egid von Kobell. Following Otto's coming of age in June 1835, the council was dissolved, but Armansperg remained in charge of the government as Prime Minister.
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