Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843)
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/35194
- Name (English)
- Theodoros Kolokotronis
- Short name
- Theodoros Kolokotronis
- Year of birth
- 1770
- Year of death
- 1843
- Short Description
- "Theodoros Kolokotronis (Greek: Θεόδωρος
Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis´s greatest success was the defeat of the Ottoman army under Mahmud Dramali Pasha at the Battle of Dervenakia in 1822. In 1825, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Greek forces in Peloponnese. Today, Kolokotronis ranks among the most prominent figures in Greece´s War of Independence." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020) - Entity Encoding
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