 Meanwhile , due to his overtly undermining the king , Armansperg was dismissed from his duties by King Otto immediately on his return . However , despite high hopes by the Greeks , the Bavarian Rudhart was appointed chief minister and the granting of a constitution was again postponed . The attempts of Otto to conciliate Greek sentiment by efforts to enlarge the frontiers of his kingdom , for example , by the suggested acquisition of Crete in 1841 , failed in their objective and only succeeded in embroiling him with the Great Powers . 
