Sevasti Xanthou (''Sevasti Kroustala-Xanthou'') (1798–?) was the wife of Emmanuil Xanthos, member and one of the founders of

Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria () or Society of Friends () was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odesa, Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule in Ottoman Greece, Greece and establish an Independenc ...

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

Biography

Sevasti Xanthou lived in Arnavutköy, in

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, 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, Emmanuil Xanthos. Together they had three children; Nicholas, Pericles and Aspasia. When the Greek Revolution 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.

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