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Panos Th. Kolokotronis

1800 – 1824

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Greek: Πάνος Κολοκοτρώνης Eldest son of the Greek General Theodoros Kolokotronis/ Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης and his first wife, Aikaterini Karousou/Αικατερίνη Καρούσου (died Zakynthos 1820). He was born on the island of Zakynthos in 1800, while his father was serving there as a Major in the British Infantry. (Other versions report that he was born at Leontari, Arcadia, in 1798.) He fought along with his father in the Greek War of Independence and distinguished himself in many battles. In 1822, he married Eleni, the daughter of Laskarina Bouboulina. In 1823, he was promoted to General and appointed Garrison Commandant of the City of Navplion by decree of the 2nd National Assembly. In November 1824, during the second civil war, he was murdered at Pallantio, near Tripoli, by order of the revolutionary government. The next day his corpse was transferred to Silimna, where he was buried. Forensic examination determined the cause of his death as trauma to the head by a bullet. His skull is kept in the National Historical Museum. While Panos was still alive, his wife had been in a relationship with Theodoros Grivas, another prominent fighter, and it has been suggested that the murder was at their instigation. Whether or not that was true, the lovers married six months after Panos' death.