Konstantinos Petimezas

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Konstantinos Petimezas Κωνσταντίνος Πετιμεζάς
Born	1764 Soudena near Kalavryta (now Greece)
Died	1824 Corinth, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Occupation	Greek revolutionary leader

Konstantinos Petimezas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πετιμεζάς, 1764 - 1824) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence and a soldier.

He was born in 1764 in Soudena near Kalavryta one year before he had a brother Anagnostis and was descended from the historic Petmezades family. He left after his father was assassinated in 1804 to Zakynthos and became a Russian army as an officer. He entered to the Filiki Etaireia and took part of the Tripoli, Levidi, Nafplio, Patras, etc. He took part in the national council of Astros. In the civil war, he teamed up with Theodoros Kolokotronis.

He died in 1824

[edit] References

• Fotakou apomnimonevmata (Φωτάκου απομνημονεύματα), Vergina publishers, 1996
• This article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)