Ioannis Trikoupis
Ioannis Trikoupis (1750 in
Greek politician of the Greek War of Independence
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Biography
Ioannis Trikoupis was born in 1750 in
bishop of Old Patras at the time, Gabriel[2] and in 1771 he became his secretary. In 1780, when Gabriel was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, he followed him there.[2][3] In 1785 he returned to Missolonghi due to the desire of his father, who was the chief elder of the city.[4] He married Alexandra Palama and together they had seven sons (Spyridon, Anastasios, Konstantinos, Nikolaos, Manthos, Apostolos and Themistoklis) and two daughters (Eirini and Maria). After his father’s death, he was elected chief elder of Missolonghi in his stead, a position he held for eight years, in part because he managed to gain the favour of Ali Pasha.[5]
He was initiated into the
Greek Revolution broke out in 1821, he was elected president of the communal council of Missolonghi.[5]
During the
first siege of Missolonghi in 1822, Ioannis Trikoupis contributed to the defence of the city. On 9 November 1822, when the Senate of Western Continental Greece was established, he was elected senator and later a member of the board of the Directorate General and the three-member committee that worked as temporary substitutes for Alexandros Mavrokordatos during his absence.[6]
Ioannis Trikoupis died on 30 July 1824 in Missolonghi. According to the announcement of his death in the newspaper Ellinika Chronika of Johann Jakob Meyer, he died of malaria.[7]
See also
References
- Old Style.
- ^ a b c Γούδας, Αναστάσιος Ν., 1875, Βίοι Παράλληλοι των επί της αναγεννήσεως της Ελλάδος διαπρεψάντων ανδρών, vol.7 (Ζ'), Εν Αθήναις: Εκ του Τυπογραφείου Μ. Π. Περίδου, p. 166.
- ^ a b Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης: Έκθεση ιστορικών κειμηλίων της οικογένειας Τρικούπη, Βουλή των Ελλήνων. Αθήνα: Βουλή των Ελλήνων. Μάρτιος 2012. p. 9.
- ^ Goudas, Anastasios N., 1875, p. 166-167.
- ^ a b Goudas, Anastasios N., 1875, p.167-168.
- ^ Hellenic Parliament, 2012, p.11.
- ^ Goudas, Anastasios N., 1875, p. 169.