Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis ( Greek Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης ; born April 3, 1770 in Ramavouni, (Messinia / Greece); † February 15, 1843 in Athens ) was a Greek freedom fighter , partisan leader and field marshal in the revolution of 1821 . He is also known as the "Old Man of Morea". Morea is a Romanesque name for the Peloponnese that has existed since the Middle Ages.
Even in his youth he crossed the Peloponnese as a gang leader. When he was pursued by the Turks in 1806 and had to flee to Zante , he entered the military service on the Ionian Islands, which were under British administration, and later became major in a Greek regiment established there . From 1821 Kolokotronis was one of the main leaders of the Greeks alongside "Petrobey" Petros Mavromichalis .
The National Assembly at Astros appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the Peloponnese in 1823, and soon afterwards he became Vice-President of the Executive Council. After he had already entered into opposition to the government at this meeting, there were open opposition soon afterwards. However, he was defeated with his partisans and was held for four months as a prisoner in a monastery on the island of Hydra , until the Senate found it necessary in the spring of 1825 to put him at the head of the Peloponnesians against Ibrahim Pasha , against whom he made little progress .
After the assassination of President Ioannis Kapodistrias on October 9, 1831, whose supporter Kolokotronis was, he was elected a member of the provisional government commission and later fought against the commission of seven, which led the government until the arrival of King Otto . He was no less hostile towards the reign of King Otto.
He was charged with attempting conspiracies and after his arrest on June 7, 1834, he was sentenced to death by the court of Nauplia for high treason together with his brother-in-law Plaputas Koliopulos . However, the king transformed this punishment into twenty years of imprisonment , which Kolokotronis had to spend in the fortress Palamidi . After a short time, King Otto granted him amnesty when he took office on June 1, 1835.
Theodoros Kolokotronis died in Athens on February 15, 1843.
In 1901 a memorial was erected to him in Nauplia . Many Greek cities have named streets and squares in his honor.
literature
- Kolokotroni's death . In: Illustrirte Zeitung . No. 4 . J. J. Weber, Leipzig July 22, 1843, p. 56 ( Wikisource ).
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| SURNAME | Kolokotronis, Theodoros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek freedom fighter and partisan leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramavouni, (Messinia, Greece) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1843 |
| Place of death | Athens |