Konstantinos Petimezas

Infobox_Person
name = Konstantinos Petimezas
"Κωνσταντίνος Πετιμεζάς"
birth_date = 1764
birth_place = Soudena near Kalavryta (now Greece)
death_date = 1824
death_place = Corinth, Greece
nationality =
occupation = Greek revolutionary leader

Konstantinos Petimezas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πετιμεζάς, 1764 - 1824) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence and a soldier.

He was born in 1764 in Soudena near Kalavryta one year before he had a brother Anagnostis and was descended from the historic Petmezades family. He left after his father was assassinated in 1804 to Zakynthos and became a Russian army as an officer. He entered to the Filiki Etaireia and took part of the Tripoli, Levidi, Nafplio, Patras, etc. He took part in the national council of Astros. In the civil war, he teamed up with Theodoros Kolokotronis.

He died in 1824

References

*"Fotakou apomnimonevmata" ("Φωτάκου απομνημονεύματα"), Vergina publishers, 1996
*"This article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)