Theodoros Kolokotronis

Quotes

• “I was born in 1770, on April the 3rd, on the Easter Monday. The rebellion in the Peloponnese broke out in 1769. I was born under a tree on a mountain called Ramovouni, situated in old Messenia”
• “Greeks, God has signed our Liberty and will not go back on his promise.”
• “It was not until our rising that all the Greeks were brought into communication. There were men who knew of no place beyond a mile of their own locality.”
• “Fire and Axe to those who submit!”
• “According to my judgement, the French Revolution and the doings of Napoleon opened the eyes of the world. The nations knew nothing before and the people thought that kings were gods upon the earth and that they were bound to say that whatever they did as well done. Through this present change it is more difficult to rule the people.”
• “When we got our weapons, first we said for [Christian] Faith and then for the Nation.”

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Key facts

Native name

Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης

Nicknames

O Geros tou Moria (The Old Man of Morea), Ο Γέρος του Μοριά

Born

( 1770-04-03 ) 3 April 1770, Ramοvouni , Messenia , Morea Eyalet , Ottoman Empire (now Greece )

Died

15 February 1843 (1843-02-15) (aged 72), Athens , Attica , Kingdom of Greece

Buried

First Cemetery of Athens (until 1930), Areos Square, Tripoli (since 1930) 37°57′47.38″N 23°44′16.35″E / 37.9631611°N 23.7378750°E / 37.9631611; 23.7378750

Allegiance

Russian Empire , United Kingdom , Hellenic State , Kingdom of Greece

Branch

Imperial Russian Navy , British Army , Hellenic Army

Service years

1785–1843

Rank

Major (British Army), General-in-Chief (revolutionary forces), Lieutenant General ( Hellenic Army )

Unit

1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry

Commands

Greek revolutionary forces

Wars

Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) Napoleonic Wars Adriatic Campaign Siege of Santa Maura Greek War of Independence Battle of Valtetsi Battle of the Trench Siege of Tripolitsa Siege of Acrocorinth Siege of Nauplia Siege of Patras Battle of Dervenakia Greek Civil Wars

Spouse

Aikaterini Karousou

Children

Panos Kolokotronis (son), Ioannis (Gennaios) Kolokotronis (son), Konstantinos (Kolinos) Kolokotronis (son), Panos Kolokotronis (son), Eleni Kolokotroni (daughter), Georgios Kolokotronis (son)

Relations

Konstantinos Kolokotronis (father), Nikitas Stamatelopoulos (nephew)

Other work

Member of the Filiki Etaireia , Member of the Russian Party

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Wikidata facts

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