Georgios Theocharis ( el, Γεώργιος Θεοχάρης; 1758–1843) was a

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merchant and notable figure of the pre

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period and a fellow of

Rigas Feraios Rigas Feraios ( el, Ρήγας Φεραίος , sometimes ''Rhegas Pheraeos''; rup, Riga Fereu) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής , also transliterated ''Velestinles''); 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis ( el ...

Biography

Georgios Theocharis was born in 1758 in

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, then

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.Makedonika, vol. 24
p. 275, Hetaireia Makedonikōn Spoudōn, 1984 (digitilized 15-7-2008) In 1786 he married

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Anna Spigel; they had three children: Dimitrios, Nikolaos and Aikaterini. In 1786 he was initiated into ''Balduin zur Linde'' of

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, later reaching the Professor's Degree. At the end of 1797 he was arrested with

but his surrender to the Ottoman authorities was prevented because of his wife's intercession. In 1798 he was exiled from

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and later allowed to go to

. His secret and intimate relationship with Feraios was revealed by the letter Rigas sent him from

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, which was signed as "Coleader of the Vienna Group". He supported financially, earnestly and variedly, and through his relations with abroad, the issue and circulation of Feraios' revolutionary proclamation. After Otto's arrival in Greece, Theocharis served as the first consul of the

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from 1834 until 1843.Tropaia neotata tes Hellados kata tes Asias. Biographia tu K. Kanare
p. 83, Irsphelos 1835,

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(digitilized 17-8-2012) He was proclaimed ''Knight of the Golden Cross of the

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''. He died in 1843 in

References

Sources

*Vasileios N. Makridis
«Ο οικογενειακός τάφος του Γεωργίου Θεοχάρη, συντρόφου του Ρήγα, στη Λειψία»
''Ο Ερανιστής'', vol. 28, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Theocharis, Georgios 1758 births 1843 deaths Greek Macedonians People from Kastoria Greek revolutionaries Ambassadors of Greece to Germany