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Konstantinos Th. “Kollinos” Kolokotronis

1810 – 1848

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Κωνσταντίνος "Κολλίνος" Κολοκοτρώνης The nickname "Kollínos" is believed to derive from the Italian "piccolino" (little one). Like his father and elder brothers, he participated in the Greek War of Independence, but after the fall of Tripolitsa, of which he was garrison commandant, he departed to Corfu and later to France, where he studied jurisprudence and served as aide-de-camp to King Louis Philippe, not returning to Greece until 1836. He was elected a member of the Greek Parliament in 1844. In 1847, he was appointed Minister of Justice. In 1848 he was appointed Minister to the Royal Household and Foreign Minister, but died on 31st December 1848, aged only 38.