Gennaios Kolokotronis

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Ioannis Kolokotronis
Ιωάννης Κολοκοτρώνης
A portrait of Ioannis Kolokotronis c. 1860
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 26 May – 11 October 1862
Monarch	Otto I
Preceded by	Athanasios Miaoulis
Succeeded by	Dimitrios Voulgaris
Personal details
Born	c. 1805 Stemnitsa, Major General
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence Siege of Tripolitsa Battle of Lalas Greek Civil Wars

Ioannis Kolokotronis (Greek: Ιωάννης Κολοκοτρώνης; 1805–1868^[1]), or Gennaios Kolokotronis (Greek: Γενναίος Κολοκοτρώνης) as he was nicknamed, was a Greek warrior of the Greek War of Independence, General and Prime Minister of Greece.

Biography

He was born at Stemnitsa, Arcadia, but he grew up at Zakynthos. He was a son of Theodoros Kolokotronis and his mother was Aikaterini Karousou (Greek: Αικατερίνη Καρούσου). He acquired the nickname "Gennaios" (meaning "brave") during the Greek War of Independence in which he fought valiantly despite his youth. He took part at the siege of Tripolitsa, together with his father.

During the

Kolokotronis served as the

He married the sister of Kitsos Tzavelas, Photini Tzavela and together they had 2 sons and 5 daughters.

He died on 23 May 1868.

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