Dimitris Plapoutas

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Dimitris Plapoutas
15 May, 1786 - July, 1864
Portrait of Dimitris Plapoutas
Nickname	Dimitrios, Dimitrakis
Place of birth	Paloumba, Arcadia
Allegiance	Greece
Years of service	18
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Siege of Tripoli, Battles of Valtetsi and Battle of Maniaki, Capture of the castle at Korinthos, Battle of Patras,
Other work	Parliament 1844 - 1847, Senate 1847 - 1862

Dimitris Koliopoulos Plapoutas (Greek: Δημήτρης Πλαπούτας) (also known as Dimitrios and Dimitrakis) (May 15, 1786 - 1864) was a Greek General who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

He was born on May 15, 1786 in Paloumba, Arcadia, the son of Kollias Plapoutas, an Armatolos. In 1811 he left Paloumba for the Ionian Islands where he became an officer in the British army. In 1818, he joined the Filiki Eteria, which was planning to liberate Greece from Ottoman control.

During the revolution, Dimitris Plapoutas took part in the Siege of Tripoli, the capture of the castle at Korinthos, the Battle of Valtetsi, the Battle of Maniaki and other battles.

After independence, in 1833, along with General Theodoros Kolokotronis and General Kitsos Tzavelas, Plapoutas supported Prince Otto of Bavaria as the King of Greece. However, later he opposed the Bavarian-dominated regency during his rule. He was charged with high treason and on June 7, 1834 he was imprisoned at the Palamidi along with Kolokotronis and sentenced to death. He was later pardoned in 1835. Plapoutas then became involved in Greek politics and served in Parliament (1844 - 1847) and in the Senate (1847 - 1862). He was made an honorary bodyguard of King Otto and was entrusted with escorting him to his new kingdom.

Plapoutas also had a brother, Giorgios, who fought alongside him in many battles and died in the Battle of Lalas.

When he was around seventy years old, Plapoutas married a woman in her thirties and had one child, a girl named Athanasia. Plapoutas died shortly after in July of 1864.

His house still stands (albeit heavily damaged from a 1960s Earthquake) in his home town of Paloumba, Arcadia.