Kanellos Deligiannis

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Kanellos Deligiannis
Κανέλλος Δεληγιάννης
A portrait of Deligiannis
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
1844–1845
MonarchOtto
Personal details
Born1780
Langadia, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died18 September 1862
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Military service
AllegianceGreece First Hellenic Republic
Branch/service Hellenic Army
Battles/wars

Kanellos Deligiannis (Greek: Κανέλλος Δεληγιάννης; 1780–1862) was a Greek magnate from the Morea and the son of Ioannis Deligiannis. He was one of the main organizers of the Greek War of Independence and a politician in the independent Kingdom of Greece.

Biography

He was born in

Greek Revolution
.

He fought at

Greek Parliament
in 1844–1845.

Deligiannis also wrote memoirs, which are considered controversial, as they seek to justify his father's pro-Turkish stance as being beneficial for the Greek population. His memoirs also portray the rivalries of the various groups and the leading families of the Peloponnese before and during the Revolution.

He died in 1862.