Petros Manos ( 7 April 1871 – 4 April 1918) was a Greek military officer and fencer. A

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, he also competed in fencing at the

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. He was the father of

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, wife of

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Ancestry

Petros Manos was born in

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in 1871, as the youngest son of Major general

Thrasyvoulos Manos Thrasyvoulos Manos (, 16 November 1835–1922) was an officer, later Major general of the Hellenic Army. Early life and ancestry Born in 1835, to the Phanariot Manos family, he was the son of the poet, writer and philosopher Konstantinos Mano ...

(1835–1922), a member of the prominent

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Manos family, and Roxane Mavromichalis (1848–1905), member of the distinguished

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Military career

He entered the

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and graduated in 1892. He fought in the Cretan uprisings of 1896–1897, and participated in the

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, leading an armed band in 1904–1907 under the ''

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'' Kapetan Vergos (Καπετάν Βέργος). A royalist during the

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, he followed King

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into exile in

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in 1917, and died there on 4 April 1918. Petros Manos

First marriage

From his first marriage in Athens on 15 January 1895 with Maria Argyropoulos (August 1874–

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, 1930), daughter of Jacob Argyropoulos and Aspasia Petrakis, Petros is father of Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark (1896–1972) who married

(1893–1920) and had child who was

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(1921–1993), who later married

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(1923–1970) and also had one child

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(born 17 July 1945). From this marriage he also had one daughter, Roxanne (born 28 February 1898), who became wife of an athlete and later industrialist Christos Zalokostas (1894–1975).

Second marriage

After divorcing his first wife, he contracted second marriage with Sophie Tombazis, daughter of Alexandros Tombazis (son of Georgios Tombazis and Princess Eufrosina Mavrocordato) and his cousin Princess Maria Mavrocordato. His second wife Sophie was direct

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descendant of

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(1782–1829), who was first

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of the

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during the

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against the

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. With her he had one daughter Rallou (1915–1988), a choreographer, modern dancer and dance teacher, who was married to a prominent Greek architect Pavlos Mylonas.

Olympic games

Petros Manos was also a professional fencer. As a member of Greek Olympic team he competed in the individual and team

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events at the

held in

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manos, Petros 1871 births 1918 deaths Greek male fencers Olympic fencers for Greece Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Fencers from Athens Manos family Greek colonels Hellenic Army officers Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle