Vasileios Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Βασίλειος Πετ ��εζάς, 1785–1872) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the

Greek War of Independence 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 ...

, politician and general.

Life

Vasileios Petimezas hailed from the important clan of the Petimezas or Petmezas from the village of Soudena, near Kalavryta. He was born in 1785 as the son of

Athanasios Petimezas Athanasios Petimezas or Petmezas ( el, Αθανάσιος Πετ ��εζάς, –1804) was a leading Greece, Greek in the late Ottoman Greece, Ottoman-era Peloponnese. Life Athanasios Petimezas was born at near Kalavryta. As a child, possibly ...

. 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 Nikolaos. He returned to the

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at the outbreak of the

, and fought in several battles at Kalavryta,

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, Corinth, Argos,

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, and Trikorfa, as well as the campaign against Mustafa Pasha Bushatli. In 1826, with 600 men, he and his brother NIkolaos occupied Mega Spilaio and drove back the attacks of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. He was elected representative to the

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, and later as MP to the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

. He reached the rank of lieutenant general. He died in 1872.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petimezas, Vasileios 1785 births 1872 deaths Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence Vasileios 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry officers People from Kalavryta Hellenic Army lieutenant generals Members of the Royal Phalanx Members of the Hellenic Parliament