Sevasti Xanthou (''Sevasti Kroustala-Xanthou'') (1798–?) was the wife of

Emmanuil Xanthos Emmanuil Xanthos ( el, Εμμανουήλ Ξάνθος; 1772 – November 28, 1852) was a Greeks, Greek merchant. He was one of the founders of the Filiki Eteria ("Society of Friends"), a Greece, Greek conspiratorial organization which opposed t ...

, member and one of the founders of

Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek ...

("Society of Friends"), a Greek conspiratorial organization against the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

Sevasti Xanthou lived in

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, in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

, along with her mother Mariora and her two sisters, Euphrosyne and Eleni. At the age of 17 (1815) and only a year after the foundation of Filiki Eteria, Sevasti married one of its founders,

. Together they had three children; Nicholas, Pericles and Aspasia. When the

Greek Revolution The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

broke out in 1821, her family, with her mother and sisters as well, moved from Constantinople to

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for safety reasons. In 1822, Sevasti felt that they were in hostile environment and on her initiative they left Izmail and moved to

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. Emmanuil Xanthos was absent for long periods of time, firstly as a result of taking over the responsibility of organizing the Greek Revolution and secondly because of his inclusion in Margineni Monastery. During his absence, people he trusted took care of his family, like his brother in law, Michail Michaloglou (husband of Euphrosyne) and Michail Fokianos, who undertook the management of family finances. Sevasti Xanthou experienced her husband's absence for many years, but coped nevertheless and raised her children, while, at the same time, she came into contact with several fighters, members of Filiki Eteria and prominent personalities of the time asking for help or information about her husband.Tsimpani-Dalla Trisevgeni, 2014, p. 77-78.

References

Bibliography

*Tsimpani-Dalla Trisevgeni �σίμπανη-Δάλλα Τρισεύγενη ''27 Επιστολές της Σεβαστής προς τον Εμμανουήλ Ξάνθο'', εκδ.Ιστορική και Εθνολογική Εταιρεία της Ελλάδος, Athens, 2014. *Panagiotopoulos V.P. �αναγιωτόπουλος Β.Π. ''Βαρώνος Κωνσταντίνος Μπέλλιος. Ένας ομογενής στην Αθήνα του 1836'', ανάτυπο από τις "Εποχές", 17 Σεπτ. 1964 από τη σειρά: Σταθμοί προς τη νέα ελληνική κοινωνία.

External links

Ο Πάτμιος Εμμανουήλ Ξάνθος και η Φιλική Εταιρία.
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