Dimitrios Makris | |
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 A portrait of Dimitrios Makris. | |
| Native name | Δημήτριος Μακρής |
| Born | c. 1772 Gavalou, Sanjak of Karli-Eli, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Died | c. 1841 Gavalou, Aetolia, Kingdom of Greece |
| Allegiance | |
| Years of service | 1821–1840 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | Greek War of Independence |
| Children | Nikolaos Makris (son) |
Dimitrios Makris (Greek: Δημήτριος Μακρής, 1772–1841) was a Greek[1] klepht[2] and armatolos[3] who was one of the most powerful chieftains in West Central Greece. He joined the Filiki Eteria and became a revolutionary during the Greek War of Independence.
- ^ The United service magazine, Part 1. H. Colburn. 1857. p. 254. OCLC 297320642.
One of the Greek chiefs, by name Demetrius Makris, however, once more rallied the fainting Greeks in fighting order, and made head against the Albanians.
- ^ Dontas, Domna N. (1990). The last phase of the War of Independence in Western Greece: December 1827 to May 1829, Volume 1966. Adolf M. Hakkert. p. 24. ISBN 90-256-0987-2.
in 1800, Demetrios Makris, a kleftis, had succeeded his father to the kapetaniliki in the district of Zyghos. A simple yet very stubborn man,
- ^ Dakin, Douglas (1973). The Greek struggle for independence, 1821-1833. University of California Press. p. 232. ISBN 0-520-02342-0.
…the chiefs Dimitrios Makris…Makris, armatolos of Zigos, was one of the heroes of Mesolonghi. He had acquired much wealth by plundering the Turks of Vrachori, and he had done well for himself out of the proceeds of the English loans.