Kalliopi Papalexopoulou

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Kalliopi Papalexopoulou

Kalliopi Papalexopoulou ( Greek Καλλιόπη Παπαλεξοπούλου , * 1809 in Patras ; † February 8, 1899 ) played an important role in the opposition to King Otto of Greece .

She was born in Patras as the daughter of Andreas Kalamogdartis, who held a leading position there. When the uprising of 1821 began , she fled with her mother to Zakynthos and then to Ancona , where she learned Italian , French and English . In 1824 the family moved to Nafplio . There she married the mayor Spyros Papalexopoulos. Her salon became a center of intellectual life. She used a large part of her wealth to support the poor and refugees. She openly opposed King Otto.

After the death of her husband in 1850, she largely withdrew from the public, but then took part in a leading position in the unsuccessful uprising of Nafplio against the king in 1862, which is why she was persecuted by the palace. He sent a special unit under the command of General Emanuel Amenäus Hahn to restore calm to the city. When he asked her to leave the city, as he could not guarantee her safety, she replied: "The only creatures I fear are the mice, and that's why I drove them from my house." After the king's overthrow In 1862 she visited Athens , where she was received triumphantly by the population and in the National Assembly. After her return, she lived secluded in her house in Nafplio.

literature

  • Κούλα Ξηραδάκη: Καλλιόπη Παπαλεξοπούλου (1809–1898). Η γυναίκα που κλόνισε τον θρόνο του Όθωνα. Publishing house Φιλιππότης, Athens 1998, ISBN 978-0-002-95350-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ναυπλιακά (1862) on argolikivivliothiki.gr (Greek)
  2. ^ Christoph Zürcher: Hahn, Emanuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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personal data
SURNAME Papalexopoulou, Kalliopi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Παπαλεξοπούλου, Καλλιόπη (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek opposition against King Otto
DATE OF BIRTH 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Patras
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1899