Ioannis Kolokotronis ( el, Ιωάννης Κολοκοτρώνης; 1805–1868), or Gennaios Kolokotronis ( el, Γενναίος Κολοκοτρώνης) as he was nicknamed, was a Greek warrior of the

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, General and Prime Minister of Greece.

Biography

He was born at Stemnitsa, Arcadia, but he grew up at Zakynthos. He was a son of Theodoros Kolokotronis and his mother was Aikaterini Karousou ( el, Αικατερίνη Καρούσου). He acquired the nickname "Gennaios" (meaning "brave") during the Greek War of Independence in which he fought valiantly despite his youth. He took part at the siege of Tripolitsa, together with his father. During the civil wars he sided with his father. Kolokotronis served as the aide-de-camp of King Otto with the rank of

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, and was appointed by Otto as his last

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at 1862. He married the sister of Kitsos Tzavelas,

Photini Tzavela Photini Kolokotroni–Tzavela ( el, Φωτεινή Κολοκοτρώνη - Τζαβέλα; 1809/11 in Corfu – 1890 in Athens) served as Lady-in-Waiting at the royal court of Otto of Greece, King Otto. She was the daughter of the chieftain Photos ...

and together they had 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 May 1868.

Biography

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