Petros Manos ( el, Πέτρος Μάνος 7 April 1871 – 4 April 1918) was a

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. He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Ancestry

Petros Manos was born in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

in 1871, as the youngest son of

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Thrasyvoulos Manos Thrasyvoulos Manos ( el, Θρασύβουλος Μάνος, 1835-1922) was an officer, later Major general of the Hellenic Army. Early life and ancestry Born in 1835, to the Phanariot Manos family, he was the son of the poet, writer and philosop ...

(1835–1922), a member of the prominent

Phanariote Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots ( el, Φαναριώτες, ro, Fanarioți, tr, Fenerliler) were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar (Φανάρι, modern ''Fener''), the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenic ...

Manos family, and Roxane Mavromichalis (1848–1905), member of the distinguished

Mavromichalis family The Mavromichalis family ( el, Μαυρομιχάλης, , ) is a prominent clan from Mani Peninsula, which played a major role in modern Greek history. Origin According to the Maniot tradition, confirmed by the May 31, 1870 epitaph of Anastasi ...

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Military career

He entered the

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and graduated in 1892. He fought in the Cretan uprisings of 1896–1897, and participated in the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle ( bg, Македонска борба; el, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας; mk, Борба за Македонија; sr, Борба за Македонију; tr, Makedonya Mücadelesi) was a series of social, po ...

, leading an armed band in 1904–1907 under the '' nom de guerre'' Kapetan Vergos (Καπετάν Βέργος). A royalist during the

National Schism The National Schism ( el, Εθνικός Διχασμός, Ethnikós Dichasmós), also sometimes called The Great Division, was a series of disagreements between King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos regarding the foreig ...

, he followed King

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into exile in Switzerland in 1917, and died there on 4 April 1918.

First marriage

From his first marriage with Maria Argyropoulos (1874–1930), Petros is father of Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark (1896–1972) who married King Alexander of Greece (1893–1920) and had child who was

Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark ( el, Αλεξάνδρα); – ), later known as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (russian: Алекса́ндра Гео́ргиевна), was a member of the Greek royal family and of the ...

(1921–1993), who later married

King Peter II of Yugoslavia Peter II ( sr-Cyrl, Петар II Карађорђевић, Petar II Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last king of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until his deposition in November 1945. He was the last r ...

(1923–1970) and also had one child Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945). From this marriage he also had one daughter, Roxanne (born 28 February 1898.), who became wife of an athlete and later industrialist Christos Zalokostas (1894–1975).

Second marriage

After divorcing his first wife, he contracted second marriage with Sophie Tombazis, daughter of Alexandros Tombazis (son of Georgios Tombazis and Princess Eufrosina Mavrocordato) and his cousin Princess Maria Mavrocordato. His second wife Sophie was direct

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descendant of

Iakovos Tombazis Iakovos "Yiakoumakis" Tombazis ( el, Ιάκωβος Τομπάζης, –1829) was a merchant and ship-owner from the Greek island of Hydra who became the first Admiral of the Hellenic Navy during the Greek War of Independence. The Tomba ...

(1782–1829), who was first Admiral of the Hellenic Navy during the Greek War of Independence against the

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. With her he had one daughter Rallou (born in 1915), who was a choreographer, modern dancer and dance teacher.

Olympic games

He was also a professional fencer. As a member of Greek Olympic team he competed in the individual and team

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events at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manos, Petros 1871 births 1918 deaths Greek male fencers Olympic fencers of Greece Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Athens Manos family Greek colonels Hellenic Army officers Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle