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Bey Of Mani
The Bey of Mani (), in Greek often referred to as the Prince of Mani (), was the ruler of the Mani Peninsula, an autonomous region under the Ottoman Empire. The post was established after the suppression of the Orlov Revolt, when Mani's autonomy and privileges were recognized by the Sultan, and the peninsula placed under the supervision of the Kapudan Pasha. This situation lasted until the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, in which the then bey, Petrobey Mavromichalis, played a leading role. List of beys The bey was always drawn from one of the local magnate clans:Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν Ηλίου, Vol. XII, p. 927 References {{reflist Beys of Mani, Lists of Ottoman governors, Mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Peninsula
The Mani Peninsula (), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (), is a geographical and cultural region in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece and home to the Maniots (), who claim descent from the ancient Spartans. The capital city of Mani is Areopoli. Mani is the central of three peninsulas which extend southwards from the Peloponnese. To the east is the Laconian Gulf, to the west the Messenian Gulf. The Mani peninsula forms a continuation of the Taygetos mountain range, the western spine of the Peloponnese. Etymology There are many theories regarding the etymology of the word Mani. The most accepted one is that it represents the natural evolution of the medieval name of the region, which was Maini, of uncertain origin. The name "Mani" may come from the name of the Frankish castle ''le Grand Magne''. Geography The terrain is mountainous and inaccessible. Until recent years many Mani villages could be reached only by sea. Today a narrow and winding road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Koumoundouros
Panagiotis or Panayiotis (, ) is a common male Greek name. It derives from the Greek epithet Panagia or ''Panayia'' ("All-Holy") for Mary. The feminine form of the name is Panagiota or Panayiota (Παναγιὡτα). It has three name days within a year (e.g. 2 February, 26 December), one of them is celebrated together with Maria, Mario, Mary, Despoina (or Despina) and all of their diminutives on the Dormition of the Theotokos, on 15 August. There are many diminutives of Panagiotis such as Panos (Πάνος), Notis (Νότης), Panagis/Panayis (Παναγής), Takis (Τάκης, from the diminutive Panagiotakis or Panayiotakis), Panikos (Πανίκος, in Cyprus) and Pit (Πιτ) while Panagiota, or Panayiota, is commonly reduced to Giota or Yiota (Γιώτα), and Nota (Νότα). Notable people * Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos, Greek revolutionary and member of the Filiki Eteria * Panagiotis Beglitis, Greek politician * Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavromichalis Family
The Mavromichalis family (, , ) is a Greek family from Mani Peninsula, which played a major role in modern Greek history. Origin According to the Maniot tradition, confirmed by the May 31, 1870 epitaph of Anastasios-Petros Mavromichalis (which may be found in the Metropolis of Athens), the first members of the clan were refugees from the community of Kardias in Eastern Thrace who escaped Turkish attacks in 1452 and resettled in Western Mani. The name is said to derive from an orphan named (, 'Michael'). Because of the dark clothing worn during times of mourning, orphans were often called (, ). From this '{{Lang, el-Latn, mavros, italic=no Michalis' future generations bore the name of Mavromichalis which is sometimes translated as "Michael the orphan". Initially they established in Alika, but due to blood feuds and conflicts they moved to Tsimova in the eastern part of the Messenian Gulf and from there to Tsimova's port village Limeni where they made their stronghol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathonisi, Gytheio
Cranae or Kranai ( ) (also Marathonisi) is an island off the coast of Gytheio (ancient Gythium) connected to the land by a causeway built in 1898. Etymology Some believe that the etymology for the name Cranae (Kranai) comes from the legendary king of Athens Kranaos, the successor of King Kekropas (Cecrops) as Athens was also known as "Kranaa". However the word Kranaos according to Homer it has the following meanings: 'Rocky', 'ragged', 'hard'. Therefore, some believe that the word Kranai literally means 'rocky', 'rock'. The name "Marathonisi" translates to 'fennel-island', as the herb fennel was naturally growing on this island. History According to legend, when Paris of Troy abducted Helen from Sparta they spent their first night in Cranae. When Gythium became the major port of ancient Sparta, Cranae became a resting spot for traders. When Greece became a part of the Ottoman Empire, the beys of Mani fortified Cranae with a Maniot tower. The tower built by the Tzannetakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzanetbey Grigorakis
Tzanetos "Kapetanakis" Grigorakis (; 1742–1813), also known as Zanetos or Tzanibey or Zanibey or Tzanetbey or Zanetbey, was a Greek politician, military leader ("") and the third bey of Mani, the most prominent together with Petrobey Mavromichalis. A Dictionary of Universal Biography, Grigorakis, Tzanetos. He was the longest-ruling bey of the Maniots, serving for 16 years, from 1782 to 1798. Mani Org, Tzanetos Grigorakis. Family Grigorakis was born in 1742 at Skoutari of Gytheio, Laconia, and was a member of a famous Maniot family, Grigorakides, which was a leading local warrior clan. His father, Demetrios "Kapetanakis" Grigorakis, gave him the name Tzanetos or Tzannis, as the name Ioannis (Ιωάννης, John) is pronounced in Maniot dialect. Tzanetos was the father of Pierros (Πιέρρος, Peter) and Tzortzis (Τζωρτζής, George), or Tzortzakis Grigorakis, who later became the ancestor of the Tzortzakides branch.Tzortzakides are commonly known as Georgakides or Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. The empire emerged from a Anatolian beyliks, ''beylik'', or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. His successors Ottoman wars in Europe, conquered much of Anatolia and expanded into the Balkans by the mid-14th century, transforming their petty kingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II. With its capital at History of Istanbul#Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and control over a significant portion of the Mediterranean Basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kardamyli
Kardamyli (, variously transliterated as ''Kardamyle'', ''Cardamyle'', ''Kardhamili'', and ''Kardamili'', and sometimes called "Skardamoula", especially on old maps) is a town by the sea thirty-five kilometers southeast of Kalamata, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of West Mani in the regional unit of Messenia on the Mani Peninsula. In the ''Iliad'' (Book 9The Iliad by Homer Book IX. ''Ἑπτὰ δέ οί δώσω εύναιόμενα πτολίεθρα, Καρδαμύλην, Ένόπην τε καὶ Ίρήν ποιήεσσαν,'' And will give him seven well established cities, Cardamyle, Enope, and Hire, where there is grass; (translation by Samuel Butler).), Homer cites Kardamyli as one of the seven cities offered by Agamemnon to Achilles as a condition to rejoin the fight during the Trojan War. The village preserves its ancient name. The area has several beaches: Ritsa, Belogianni, Salio, Tikla, Megalo Amoni, Mikro Amoni, Masklimitsa. The older town includes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
