Stamatis Krestenitis (Greek: Σταμάτης Κρεστενίτης) was a

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

revolutionary leader during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted ...

. Krestenitis was born in

Elis Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...

and belonged to the Krestenitis family. He battled in the Battle of Chlemoutsi together with Georgios Sisinis and

Charalampos Vilaetis Charalambos Vilaetis (Greek: Χαράλαμπος Βιλαέτης, 1781–1821) was a Greek revolutionary leader. He descended from a famous family of Pyrgos and was one of the first to inhabit the area. He moved to Zakynthos in 1806 with th ...

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*''The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia ( el:Main Page)'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Krestenitis Stamatis Year of birth unknown 1823 deaths People from Pyrgos, Elis Greek people of the Greek War of Independence People murdered in Greece