National Schism
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The National Schism, also sometimes called The Great Division, was a series of disagreements between King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos over Greece's foreign policy from 1915
Eleftherios Venizelos (left) and King Constantine I (right) prior to the National Schism c. 1913
King Constantine I judged that Greece's interests were best served by remaining neutral in the First World War.
Demonstration in Athens in favour of Constantine, summer 1915
Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek Prime Minister, believed that Greece's interests were best served by entering the war on the side of the Allies.
Constantine I of Greece
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Constantine I was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and again from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. The eldest son of George I of Greece, he succeeded to the throne following his
Constantine I in 1921
Constantine as member of the international committee for organization of the 1896 Summer Olympics.
King Constantine I during the Second Balkan War
Constantine with George I and the Greek Army enter Thessaloniki