Nikitas Stamatelopoulos
Sign in to saveNikitaras () was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos () (c. 17841849), a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as Turkofagos or Turkophagos (), literally meaning the "Turk-Eater".
Key facts
- Military person.name
- Nikitaras
- Military person.image
- Στη μάχη των Δερβενακίων ο Νικηταράς θα ονομαστεί για δεύτερη φορά Τουρκοφάγος.jpg
- Military person.nickname
- The Turk-EaterΟ Τουρκοφάγος
- Military person.caption
- A portrait of Nikitaras.
- Military person.birth_date
- c. 1784
- Military person.birth_place
- Nedoussa, Messenia or Leontari, Arcadia, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
- Military person.death_date
- c. 1849
- Military person.death_place
- Piraeus, Kingdom of Greece
- Military person.placeofburial
- First Cemetery of Athens
- Military person.birth_name
- Nikitas StamatelopoulosΝικήτας Σταματελόπουλος
- Military person.allegiance
- First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece
- Military person.branch
- 20px Imperial Russian Army
- Military person.unit
- Greek Legion
- Military person.battles
- Napoleonic Wars War of the Third Coalition Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples Greek War of Independence Siege of Tripolitsa Battle of Valtetsi Battle of Doliana Greek Civil Wars Battle of Dervenakia Third Siege of Missolonghi Battle of Arachova
- Military person.relations
- Theodoros Kolokotronis (uncle)
- Military person.signature
- 130px
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of death
- Piraeus
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Native language
- Greek
- Conflict
- Battle of Arachova
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Nikitaras.jpg
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- pseudonym
- Τουρκοφάγος
- date of birth
- 1784-00-00
- date of death
- 1849-09-25
- name in native language
- Νικήτας Σταματελόπουλος
- Commons category
- Nikitas Stamatelopoulos
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Greece
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Nikitaras () was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos () (c. 17841849), a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as Turkofagos or Turkophagos (), literally meaning the "Turk-Eater".
==Biography== thumb|left|upright|Nikitaras by Peter von Hess. The date and place of Nikitaras' birth are disputed, but he is thought to have been born either in the village of Nedoussa (Νέδουσα) in the Peloponnesian province of Messenia or in Leontari in Arcadia circa 1784. He was a nephew of Theodoros Kolokotronis, the most important Greek military leader of the Revolution. Turkish authorities tried to capture him, as well as Kolokotronis, but he escaped and joined his uncle in the British-held Ionian Islands.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nikitas Stamatelopoulos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.