- Andreas Kontogouris
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name = Andreas Kontogouris
"Ανδρέας Κοντογούρης"
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birth_place =Kefalonia , (nowGreece )
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death_place =Greece
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occupation = Greek revolutionary leaderAndreas Kontogouris (Greek: Ανδρέας Κοντογούρης, 18th century - 1824) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the
Greek War of Independence .He was born in the island of
Kefalonia at the time it was in Venetian hands and later moved toPatras , on the present-day mainland ofGreece , in 1786.Kontogouris was counsellor to
France ,Spain ,United States and other governments. He accumulated a great fortune and participated during the revolution. He also ran the Kefalonian Body, which he equipped at his own expense. When the Turks invadedPatras , he was chased away and returned to Kefalonia. Before he left, he put the lights on in his warehouses, most of which were full; consequently, his goods remained out of the hands of the Turks.References
*"Peloponnesian Revolutionary Leaders of 1821,
Nikitaras Remembered" ("ποννήσιοι αγωνιστές του 1821, Νικηταρά απομνημονεύματα" = "Peloponissoi agonistes tou 1821, Nikitara apomnimonevmata"), Fotakou, Vergina publishers, Athens 1996
*"This article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)
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