Nikolaos Petimezas

Nikolaos Petimezas or Petmezas (Greek: Νικόλαος Πετ[ι]μεζάς, 1790–1865) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence, politician and officer of the Hellenic Gendarmerie.

Lieutenant General

Nikolaos Petmezas
A portrait of Nikolaos Petmezas
Native name
Νικόλαος Πετ[ι]μεζάς
BornSoudena, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Greece First Hellenic Republic
Greece Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch British Army
 Hellenic Army
RankLieutenant General
Unit1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry
Battles/wars
Awards Commander of the Order of the Redeemer
RelationsAthanasios Petimezas (father)
Vasileios Petimezas (brother)

Life

Nikolaos Petimezas hailed from the important armatolos clan of the Petimezas or Petmezas from the village of Soudena, near Kalavryta.[1] He was born in 1790 as the son of Athanasios Petimezas.[2]

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 Vasileios.[2]

He returned to the Peloponnese at the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, and fought in several battles at Kalavryta, Levidi, Corinth, Argos, and Akrata.[2] In 1826, with 600 men, he and his brother occupied Mega Spilaio and drove back the attacks of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.[2] He then fought in Attica under Georgios Karaiskakis against Reşid Mehmed Pasha.[2] He reached the rank of lieutenant general.[2]

He died in Kalavryta in 1865.

References
  1. Doganis 1930, pp. 314–315.
  2. Doganis 1930, p. 315.

Sources
  • Doganis, Th. (1930). Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Πέμπτος: Νάβα–Σαρακηνοί [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume V: Nave–Saracens] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. pp. 314–315. OCLC 31255024.
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