Konstantinos Rados ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ράδος, 1785-1865) was a
Greek
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merchant and member of the
Filiki Eteria
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, a secret organization whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece. He took part in the
Greek War of Independence against the Ottomans and during the governance of
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias ( el, Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας, Komis Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias; russian: ...
he held important administrative positions.
Biography
He was born in
Tsepelovo
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,
Epirus
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in 1785 and studied at schools of
Ioannina and
Pisa. He was the father of lawyer Nikolaos Rados and the grandfather of professor Konstantinos Rados, who served as a curator at the
National Historical Museum in Athens and president of the
Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece.
He was initiated into
Carbonarism, bringing his knowledge of Carbonari practices into the Filiki Eteria when he became a member. After the
Greek War of Independence began, in 1822 he took part in the
battle in Styra alongside
Ilias Mavromichalis and
Vasos Mavrovouniotis, but they were defeated by the Ottoman army of Omer Bey.
[Tr. E. Evangelidis ρ. Ε. Ευαγγελίδης Rados Konstantinos άδος Κωνσταντίνος Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια, vol. 21 (ΚΑ΄), p.23] Before and during the governance of
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias ( el, Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας, Komis Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias; russian: ...
he held important administrative positions. More specifically, Konstantinos Rados served as Provincial Governor of
Andros
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(1822-1824), Provincial Governor of
Tripolitsa
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(1825), provisional Governor of
Nafplio
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(1828-1829) and Temporary Commissioner of Western Greece (1830-1831). In 1831 he withdrew from his administrative duties after the assassination of Kapodistrias. He was receiving a small pension for his contribution to the war, which his wife continued to take after his death in
65.[
The frequent correspondence between Rados and Kapodistrias, together with the fact that Viaros Kapodistrias] asked Rados to confirm the news of his brother’s death, proves that the relationship between them wasn’t just formal, but deeper and more meaningful.
[Anna Kandia [Άννα Κάνδια], «Αρχείο Κωνσταντίνου Ράδου», Τεκμήρια Ιστορίας- Μονογραφίες, 2009, p.25-28.]
References
Bibliography
*Δελτίον της Ι.Ε.Ε.Ε., Πρακτικά των ετών 1899-1903, vol. 6 (ΣΤ΄), Ιστορική και Εθνολογική Εταιρεία της Ελλάδος, Αθήνα, 1901.
*Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Παύλου Δρανδάκη, vol. 21 (ΚΑ΄), Εκδοτικός Οργανισμός «Ο Φοίνιξ»
*Τεκμήρια Ιστορίας- Μονογραφίες, Ιστορική Εθνολογική Εταιρεία Ελλάδος, Αθήνα 2010.
*Υπογραφές Αγωνιστών της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως, Ιστορική και Εθνολογική Εταιρεία της Ελλάδος, Αθήνα, 1998.
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1785 births
1865 deaths
Members of the Filiki Eteria
Greek people of the Greek War of Independence
People from Zagori