Panagiotis Kefalas
Panagiotis Kefalas Παναγιώτης Κεφάλας | |
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Born | unknown unknown |
Died | 1825 |
Panagiotis Kefalas was a Greek fighter of the Greek Revolution of 1821.
Biography[]
He hailed from Dirrachi in the Androusa province, but was unrelated to the Kefalas magnate family. He took part in several battles of the Greek War of Independence, from the capture of Kalamata and Karytaina to the Battle of Valtetsi and the Siege of Tripolitsa, where he commanded a Tsakonian detachment with distinction. He also fought against Mahmud Dramali Pasha in 1822, and in Continental Greece. He fell at the Battle of Maniaki in 1825.
Sources[]
- (1888). Βίοι Πελοποννησίων ανδρών και των εξώθεν εις την Πελοπόννησον ελθόντων κληρικών, στρατιωτικών και πολιτικών των αγωνισαμένων τον αγώνα της επαναστάσεως. Athens: Σταύρος Ανδρόπουλος, Τυπογραφείο Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου.
Categories:
- 19th-century Greek people
- 1825 deaths
- Greek people of the Greek War of Independence
- Greek military personnel killed in action
- People from Messenia