Konstantinos Petimezas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πετιμεζάς) (c. 1764–1824) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the

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and a soldier. He was born in about 1764 in Soudena near Kalavryta. He had a brother

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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,

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, 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,

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