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Petimezas Family
Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Πετ εζάς) is the name of a notable family of Greek armatoloi from the region of Kalavryta who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence. Notable members include: *Anagnostis Petimezas (1765–1822), Greek revolutionary leader *Athanasios Petimezas (1767–1804), Greek armatolos * Konstantinos Petimezas (1764–1824), Greek revolutionary leader *Nikolaos Petimezas (1790–1865), Greek revolutionary leader *Vasileios Petimezas (1785–1872) Vasileios Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Βασίλειος Πετ εζάς, 1785–1872) was a Greece, Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence, politician and general. Life Vasileios Petimezas hailed from the important ..., Greek revolutionary leader and politician Sources * {{surname Greek-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armatoloi
The armatoles ( el, αρματολοί, armatoloi; sq, armatolë; rup, armatoli; bs, armatoli), or armatole in singular ( el, αρματολός, armatolos; sq, armatol; rup, armatol; bs, armatola), were Christian irregular soldiers, or militia, commissioned by the Ottomans to enforce the Sultan's authority within an administrative district called an Armatoliki ( in singular, , in plural). In Greek regions of the Ottoman Empire, they were composed of Greeks who were either former klephts or village stalwarts who had taken up arms against the klephts in the defense of their district. The Greek armatoles had a semi-independent status all over the Greek peninsula, and armatolikia were created in areas that had high levels of brigandage (i.e. klephts), or in regions that were difficult for Ottoman authorities to govern due to the inaccessible terrain, such as the Agrafa mountains of Thessaly, where the first armatoliki was established in the 15th century. Over time, the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalavryta
Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli. Notable mountains in the municipality are Mount Erymanthos in the west and Aroania or Chelmos in the southeast. Kalavryta is the southern terminus of the Diakopto-Kalavryta rack railway, built by Italian engineers between 1885 and 1895. History Kalavryta is built near the ancient city of Cynaetha. During the late Middle Ages, the town was the centre of the Barony of Kalavryta within the Frankish Principality of Achaea, until it was reconquered by the Byzantines in the 1270s. After that it remained under Byzantine control until the fall of the Despotate of the Morea to the Ottoman Turks in 1460. With the exception of a 30-year interlude of Venetian control, the town remained under Turkish rule until the outbreak of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek War Of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by the British Empire, Bourbon Restoration in France, Kingdom of France, and the Russian Empire, while the Ottomans were aided by their North African vassals, particularly the eyalet of Egypt Eyalet, Egypt. The war led to the formation of modern Greece. The revolution is Celebration of the Greek Revolution, celebrated by Greeks around the world as Greek Independence Day, independence day on 25 March. Greece, with the exception of the Ionian Islands, came under Ottoman rule in the 15th century, in the decades before and after the fall of Constantinople. During the following centuries, there were sporadic but unsuccessful Ottoman Greece#Uprisings before 1821, Greek uprisings against Ottoman rule. In 1814, a secret organization called Filiki Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anagnostis Petimezas
Anagnostis Petimezas ( el, Αναγνώστης Πετιμεζάς, 1765-1822) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. He was born in 1765 in Soudena near Kalavryta and was descended from the Petmezades family. He was the son of Sotiris, brother of Athanasios which he in Voussoka. He took part in the battles of Kalavryta, Acrocorinth, Tripoli where he was a mandate of Theodoros Kolokotronis, etc. He was assassinated with his son Sotiris in a Turkish ambush at Vasiliko near Sikyona and Corinth in 1822 as he was on his way to fight against Dramali Pasha. References *''This article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia ( el:Main Page) {{DEFAULTSORT:Petimezas Anagnostis 1765 births 1824 deaths Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence Anagnostis In some Christian denominations, a reader or lector is the person responsible for reading aloud excerpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athanasios Petimezas
Athanasios Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Αθανάσιος Πετ[ι]μεζάς, –1804) was a leading Greece, Greek in the late Ottoman Greece, Ottoman-era Peloponnese. Life Athanasios Petimezas was born at near Kalavryta. As a child, possibly around the age of ten, he was devshirme, taken by the Turks to Smyrna, with the intention to make him a Janissary. After six years, Petimezas was able to escape, secretly boarding a ship bound for his native Peloponnese. On the way, the ship was boarded by Ottoman Tripolitania, Tripolitanian corsairs, who took the crew captive to Tripoli. There Petimezas remained imprisoned for some time, until his winning a jumping contest resulted in being let free. Once back in his home, Petimezas became a klepht, quickly coming to lead a large warband in attacks against the Ottomans in the northwest Peloponnese. To get rid of this menace, the local Ottoman administration awarded him the of Kalavryta and its region; at the same time, they asked the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Petimezas
Konstantinos Petimezas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πετιμεζάς) (c. 1764–1824) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence and a soldier. He was born in about 1764 in Soudena near Kalavryta. He had a brother Anagnostis and was descended from the historic Petmezades family. He left after his father was assassinated in 1804 to Zakynthos and became a Russian army officer. He entered the Filiki Etaireia and took part of the Siege of Tripoli, Battle of Levidi, Battle of Nafplio, and the Siege of Patras. He took part in the national council of Astros. In the civil war, he teamed up with Theodoros Kolokotronis. He died in 1824. References *''Fotakou apomnimonevmata'' (''Φωτάκου απομνημονεύματα''), Vergina publishers, 1996 {{DEFAULTSORT:Petimezas Konstantinos 1760s births 1824 deaths People from the Ottoman Empire Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence Konstantinos Konstantinos or Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Petimezas
Nikolaos Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Νικόλαος Πετ εζάς, 1790–1865) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence, politician and officer of the Hellenic Gendarmerie. Life Nikolaos Petimezas hailed from the important clan of the Petimezas or Petmezas from the village of Soudena, near Kalavryta. He was born in 1790 as the son of Athanasios Petimezas. After his father was murdered in 1804 he fled to British-held Zakynthos, and enrolled in the British-sponsored Greek light infantry units there, along with his brother Vasileios. He returned to the Peloponnese at the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, and fought in several battles at Kalavryta, Levidi, Corinth, Argos, and Akrata. In 1826, with 600 men, he and his brother occupied Mega Spilaio and drove back the attacks of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. He then fought in Attica under Georgios Karaiskakis against Reşid Mehmed Pasha. He reached the rank of lieutenant general. He died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasileios Petimezas (1785–1872)
Vasileios Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Βασίλειος Πετ[ι]μεζάς, 1785–1872) was a Greece, Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence, politician and general. Life Vasileios Petimezas hailed from the important clan of the Petimezas or Petmezas from the village of Soudena, near Kalavryta. He was born in 1785 as the son of Athanasios Petimezas. After his father was murdered in 1804 he fled to British-held Zakynthos, and enrolled in the 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry, British-sponsored Greek light infantry units there, along with his brother Nikolaos Petimezas, Nikolaos. He returned to the Peloponnese at the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, and fought in several battles at Kalavryta, Battle of Levidi, Levidi, Siege of Acrocorinth, Corinth, Battle of Dervenakia, Argos, Battle of Akrata, Akrata, and Battle of Trikorfa, Trikorfa, as well as the campaign against Mustafa Pasha Bushatli. In 1826, with 600 men, he and his brother NIkolaos o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
