Nikolaos Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Νικόλαος Πετ ��εζάς, 1790–1865) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the

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, politician and officer of the

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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

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. 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

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at the outbreak of the

, and fought in several battles at Kalavryta,

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, and

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. In 1826, with 600 men, he and his brother occupied Mega Spilaio and drove back the attacks of

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. He then fought in

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under Georgios Karaiskakis against Reşid Mehmed Pasha. He reached the rank of

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. He died in Kalavryta in 1865.

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