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Konstantinos Karatheodoris
Konstantinos Karatheodoris (1841–1922) was an Ottoman Greek statesman, who was a member of the distinguished Phanariote Karatheodori family. He served as the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1906 to 1907. He was the younger brother of the diplomat and statesman Alexander Karatheodori Pasha, who also served as Prince of Samos from 1885 to 1895. Biography In his youth, he studied Engineering in Europe. He became manager of the Ottoman railways, and then a member of the Supreme Council of the Ottoman Empire. He had also worked in Samos on the construction of the road connecting Vathy, Karlovasi, Marathokampos, Platanos, Pirgos and the capital, under Prince Miltiadis Aristarchis. When he became Prince of Samos, he tried to reconcile the parties and bring peace to the island. He did not succeed. He made the same mistakes as everyone else before him, in that he championed the winning political party. The Government under Themistoklis Sophoulis Themistoklis Sofoulis or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Samos
The Principality of Samos ( el, Ηγεμονία της Σάμου, ; ota, Sisam İmâreti, script=Latn, italic=yes; tr, Sisam Beyliği) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire from 1834 to 1912. The island of Samos participated in the Greek War of Independence and had successfully resisted several Turkish and Egyptian attempts to occupy it, but it was not included with the boundaries of the newly independent Kingdom of Greece after 1832. Instead, in 1834 the island was granted self-government as a semi-independent state. Tributary to the Ottoman Empire, paying the annual sum of £2700, it was governed by a Christian of Greek descent though nominated by the Ottoman Porte, Porte, who bore the title of "Prince". The prince was assisted in his function as chief executive by a 4-member Senate. These were chosen by him out of eight candidates nominated by the four districts of the island: Vathy, Samos, Vathy, Chora, Marathokampos, and Karlovasi. The actual legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
