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Kanaris Family
The Kanaris family () is a prominent family of sailors, politicians and soldiers from the island of Psara in Greece. The most important member of this family was the Greek admiral and statesman Konstantinos Kanaris.Argolikos Archival Library of History and Culture
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Members of this family include: * Mikes Kanaris, sailor and elder in :* George Kanaris, naval offic ...
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Konstantinos Kanaris
Konstantinos Kanaris (, ; c. 1790Αργολικη Αρχειακη Βιβλιοθηκη Ιστοριασ και Πολιτισμου
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2 September 1877), also as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a statesman, admiral, and a hero of the

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Flag Of Psara
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Psara
Psara (, , ; known in ancient times as /, /) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Together with the small island of Antipsara (population 4) it forms the municipality of Psara. It is part of the Chios regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The only town of the island and seat of the municipality is also called Psara. Psara had 420 inhabitants according to the 2021 census. It has a small port linking to the island of Chios and other parts of Greece. In the Psara massacre on the island, thousands of Greeks were massacred by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1824. Geography Psara lies northwest of Chios, from the northwestern point of the island of Chios and east-northeast of Athens. The length and width of the island are about and the area is . The highest point on the island is "Profitis Ilias" (). The municipality has total area of . Flag The modern flag of Psara is based largely on the island's famous revolutionary flag created ...
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ...
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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. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted by the British Empire, Bourbon Restoration in France, Kingdom of France, and the Russian Empire, while the Ottomans were aided by their vassals, especially by the Eyalet of Egypt. The war led to the formation of modern Greece, which would be expanded to its modern size in later years. The revolution is celebrated by Greek diaspora, Greeks around the world as Greek Independence Day, independence day on 25 March. All Greek territory, except the Ionian Islands, the Mani Peninsula, and mountainous regions in Epirus, came under Ottoman rule in the 15th century. During the following centuries, there were Ottoman Greece#Uprisings before 1821, Greek uprisings against Ottoman rule. Most uprisings began in the independent Greek realm of the Mani Pe ...
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Miltiadis Kanaris
Miltiadis Kanaris (, 6 June 1822 – 7 November 1901) was a Greek admiral and politician. He was the son of Konstantinos Kanaris.Encyclopedia ''Πάπυρος - Λαρούς - Μπριτάνικα'', 1988, vol. 31, p. 374. Biography He was born on 6 June 1822 in Psara as the fourth out of the seven children of Konstantinos Kanaris, a distinguished fighter of the Greek War of Independence and his wife Despoina Maniati. It was said that he was born on the same day that his father blew up the Turkish flagship at Chios. He studied in the Bavarian Military School in Munich from 1833 until 1843. After the end of his studies Kanaris joined the Greek Navy and later he continued his studies in France, where he served for three years in the French Navy. In 1886, he was Inspector General of the Greek fleet and three years later (1889) he retired, but was recalled to duty in 1897 when the Greco-Turkish War broke out, temporarily undertaking the leadership of the Battleship Squadron from 7 A ...
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Aristeidis Kanaris
Aristeidis Kanaris (, 1831 – 19 June 1863) was an officer in the Greek Army and son of Konstantinos Kanaris, fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician. He was killed during the civil conflict of 1863 known as '' Iouniana''. Biography Aristeidis Kanaris was born in 1831 and he was the sixth out of seven children of Konstantinos Kanaris and Despoina Maniati.Biographies: Konstantinos Kanaris.
(Greek) He entered the Evelpidon Military Academy from which he graduated in 1858 as an officer in the .''Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπ ...
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Charilaos Trikoupis
Charilaos Trikoupis (; 11 July 1832 – 30 March 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895. He is best remembered for introducing the vote of confidence in the Greek constitution, proposing and funding such ambitious and modern projects as the construction of the Corinth Canal, but also eventually leading the country to bankruptcy. Nowadays, considered the founder of modern Greece. Background Born in Nauplion in 1832, with family ties to Messolonghi, he was the son of Spiridon Trikoupis, a politician who was Prime Minister of Greece briefly in 1833, and Ekaterini Mavrokordatou, sister of Alexandros Mavrokordatos, who also served as a Prime Minister. After studying law and literature in University of Athens and in Paris, where he obtained his doctorate, he was sent to London in 1852 as an attaché of the Greek legation. By 1863, he had risen to be ''chargé d'affaires'', but he aimed rather at a political not ...
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List Of Political Families In Greece
This article lists political families of Greece where two or more members of that family have been members or ministers of the Hellenic Parliament, the Greek Senate or of the European Parliament. For the purposes of this list, a "family" has been defined as a group of people where each person has one of the following relationships to at least one of the other people listed: *son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter *father, mother, grandfather or grandmother *nephew, niece, grandnephew or grandniece *uncle, aunt, great uncle or great aunt *sibling and first cousin *spouse (husband or wife) *connected by marriage ("-in-law" relationships) The list has been indexed against the name of the first family member to enter one of the bodies mentioned above. History Political dynasties have long been a feature of the Greek political landscape. They are typically characterized as families that have established their political careers usually starting from local politics and gradually mo ...
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