Greece’s West European allies convene in London…

Greece’s West European allies convene in London and choose for her new throne Otto of Wittelsbach, the seventeen-year old second son of Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Greece had won its independence from the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) with the help of Britain, France and Russia, and in the London Protocol of February 3, 1830, the three powers had assigned the borders of the new state.

However, when the governor of Greece, John Capodistria (Ioannis Kapodistrias) was assassinated in 1831 in Nafplion, the Greek peninsula had plunged into confusion.

The Great Powers seek a formal end of the war and a recognized government in Greece.

In May 1832, British Foreign Secretary Palmerston had convened with French and Russian diplomats, and, without consultation of the Greeks, decides that Greece should be a monarchy.

The convention had offered the throne to Prince Otto.

They also establish the line of succession which will pass the crown to Otto's descendants, or his younger brothers should he have no issue.

It is also decided that in no case will the crowns of Greece and Bavaria be joined.

As co-guarantors of the monarchy, the Great Powers also empower their ambassadors in Constantinople, the Ottoman capital, to secure the end of the Greek War of Independence.