Theodoros Kolokotronis

Theodoros Kolokotronis was the leading military commander of the Greek War of Independence in the Peloponnese. A former klepht who had served with British forces in the Ionian Islands, he directed the siege and capture of Tripolitsa in 1821 and destroyed the Ottoman army of Dramali Pasha at the Dervenakia pass in 1822. He clashed with the civilian leaders, was imprisoned during the civil strife of 1824–25 and was sentenced to death under King Otto's regency before being pardoned.