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Yiannis Gouras
A portrait of Gouras
by Filippos Margaritis
Native name
Γιάννης Γκούρας
Birth nameIoannis Gouras
Ιωάννης Γκούρας
Born1771
Dremissa, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died1 October 1826
Athens, First Hellenic Republic
Buried
Holy Monastery of Faneromeni, Salamis
Allegiance Greece First Hellenic Republic
Service/branch  Hellenic Army
Battles/wars
Spouse(s)Asimo Lidoriki
Relations Dimitrios Panourgias (cousin)
Nakos Panourgias (nephew)

Yiannis Gouras ( Greek: Γιάννης Γκούρας; 1771–1826) was a Greek military leader during the Greek War of Independence.

Gouras was an Arvanite. [1] A cousin of Panourgias, he distinguished himself in the battles in eastern Continental Greece, but became notorious for his invasion of the Peloponnese during the Greek civil wars of 1823–25 and his murder of his former chief, Odysseas Androutsos. [2]

He was killed during the Second Siege of the Acropolis. [3]

He was buried in a monastery in Salamis.

The grave of Yiannis Gouras.

References

  1. ^ Heraclides, Alexis; Kromidha, Ylli (2023). Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century: A History. Taylor & Francis. p. 32. ISBN  9781003224242.
  2. ^ Dakin, Douglas (2022-05-27). The Greek Struggle for Independence 1821-1833. Univ of California Press. pp. 128–140. ISBN  978-0-520-36359-5.
  3. ^ Davis, Paul K. (2003). Besieged: 100 Great Sieges from Jericho to Sarajevo. Oxford University Press. p. 213. ISBN  978-0-19-521930-2.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yiannis Gouras
A portrait of Gouras
by Filippos Margaritis
Native name
Γιάννης Γκούρας
Birth nameIoannis Gouras
Ιωάννης Γκούρας
Born1771
Dremissa, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died1 October 1826
Athens, First Hellenic Republic
Buried
Holy Monastery of Faneromeni, Salamis
Allegiance Greece First Hellenic Republic
Service/branch  Hellenic Army
Battles/wars
Spouse(s)Asimo Lidoriki
Relations Dimitrios Panourgias (cousin)
Nakos Panourgias (nephew)

Yiannis Gouras ( Greek: Γιάννης Γκούρας; 1771–1826) was a Greek military leader during the Greek War of Independence.

Gouras was an Arvanite. [1] A cousin of Panourgias, he distinguished himself in the battles in eastern Continental Greece, but became notorious for his invasion of the Peloponnese during the Greek civil wars of 1823–25 and his murder of his former chief, Odysseas Androutsos. [2]

He was killed during the Second Siege of the Acropolis. [3]

He was buried in a monastery in Salamis.

The grave of Yiannis Gouras.

References

  1. ^ Heraclides, Alexis; Kromidha, Ylli (2023). Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century: A History. Taylor & Francis. p. 32. ISBN  9781003224242.
  2. ^ Dakin, Douglas (2022-05-27). The Greek Struggle for Independence 1821-1833. Univ of California Press. pp. 128–140. ISBN  978-0-520-36359-5.
  3. ^ Davis, Paul K. (2003). Besieged: 100 Great Sieges from Jericho to Sarajevo. Oxford University Press. p. 213. ISBN  978-0-19-521930-2.

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