ABSTRACT
Greece is under King George I. His successor Constantine had gained considerable popularity because of his role in the Balkan Wars, when Venizelos had appointed him commander-in-chief. It was widely assumed that since he was named after the last ruler of Byzantium, Constantine XI, he would adopt the style Constantine XII, but although many referred to him as such in Greece, he officially remained plain King Constantine. After the Second Balkan War, aware that it was not up to dealing with the pressing issues of electoral and agrarian reform, the conservative government resigned in December 1913. King Charles was eager to strengthen Romania's role as local guarantor of the balance of power in the Balkans. The Young Turk's hopes of Ottomanization had perished in the Balkan Wars. Through the setting up of independent states, the revolutionary principle of nationality triumphed over that of empire, at least in the Ottoman Empire, but it also sapped the foundations of the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich.
