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Apostolis Kolokotronis ((ギリシア語:Αποστόλης Κολοκοτρώνης)) was a chieftain of the Greek War of Independence and an officer of the Greek army from Arcadia. He was member of the well-known Kolokotronis family. ==Biography== Apostolis Kolokotronis was the son of the chieftain Giannakis Kolokotronis (also known by the nickname "Daskoulias") and nephew of the commander Theodoros Kolokotronis.〔Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica, vol. 34, p. 333.〕 In the first stages of the Greek War of Independence, he took part along with his father in the military operations in Moldavia-Wallachia under the command of prince Alexandros Ypsilantis.〔Fotakos, ''Βίοι Πελοποννησίων ανδρών και των εξώθεν εις την Πελοπόννησον ελθόντων κληρικών, στρατιωτικών και πολιτικών των αγωνισαμένων τον αγώνα της επαναστάσεως'', 1888, p. 187.〕 After the suppression of the revolution in the Danubian Principalities, father and son returned in early August 1821, along with other fighters to the Peloponnese and participated in the Battle of the Ditch, where Apostolis was injured.〔«Ιστορία Ελληνικού Έθνους», Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Athens 1975, vol. 12, p. 149.〕〔Dionysios A. Kokkinos, Η Ελληνική Επανάστασις, εκδόσεις Μέλισσα, Athens 1975, vol. 2, p. 86 - 87.〕 After that he actively participated in the siege of Nafplio,〔«Ιστορία Ελληνικού Έθνους», 1975, vol. 12, p. 181.〕〔Dionysios A. Kokkinos, 1975, vol. 2, p. 301 - 302.〕 the siege of the Acrocorinth,〔Dionysios A. Kokkinos, 1975, vol. 2, p. 461.〕 in the conflicts during the siege of Patras (battles of Chalandritsa, Girokomio, etc.),〔«Ιστορία Ελληνικού Έθνους», 1975, vol. 12, p. 218 - 220.〕〔Dionysios A. Kokkinos, 1975, vol. 2, p. 490 - 492.〕 and in the repulsion of the invasion of Mahmud Dramali Pasha.〔Dionysios A. Kokkinos, 1975, vol. 2, p. 466, 488, 599, 602.〕 He was appointed Lieutenant on June 5, 1823 by the Greek government.〔(«Αρχεία της Ελληνικής Παλιγγενεσίας», Έκδοσις της Βιβλιοθήκης της Βουλής των Ελλήνων, Αθήναι 1977, τόμος 10ος, σ. 114. )〕 During the Greek civil wars of 1824–25, although he was invited by Theodoros Kolokotronis to join him in the blockade of Nafplio and the siege of Tripoli, he adopted a neutral position.〔«Ιστορία Ελληνικού Έθνους», Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Athens 1975, vol. 12, p. 329 - 331.〕 Also, in early 1824 he was accused of arbitrariness in Pyrgos area.〔«Αρχεία της Ελληνικής Παλιγγενεσίας», Έκδοσις της Βιβλιοθήκης της Βουλής των Ελλήνων, Athens 1972, vol. 6, p. 128 and 212.〕〔(«Αρχεία της Ελληνικής Παλιγγενεσίας», Athens 1973, vol. 8, p. 12. )〕 Later he participated in the military operations against Ibrahim Pasha〔Fotakos, p. 188〕 and he was elected by Theodoros Kolokotronis as general leader of the armed forces of Tripoli region.〔(Spiliadis, Apomnēmoneumata tēs neas historias tēs Hellados, Volume 3, p. 82. )〕 After the creation of the independent Greek state, he became in 1836 an officer of the Royal Phalanx and in 1845 he received the rank of colonel and was awarded with the Commemorative Medal of the War of Independence. He died in 1862 in Tripoli. He was married to Sophia St. Dimitrakopoulou from Tripoli with whom he had five daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apostolis Kolokotronis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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