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Thrasyvoulos Manos

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Thrasyvoulos Manos
Thrasyvoulos Manos c. 1894
Native name
Θρασύβουλος Μάνος
Born16 November 1835
Nafplio, Kingdom of Greece
Died1922
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch Hellenic Army
Years of service?-1918
Rank Major General
Battles / wars
Alma materHellenic Military Academy
Spouse(s)Roxanne Mavromichalis
ChildrenKonstantinos Manos
Petros Manos
RelationsCaradja family
Soutzos family
Aspasia Manos (Granddaughter)

Thrasyvoulos Manos (Greek: Θρασύβουλος Μάνος, 1835-1922) was an officer, later Major general of the Hellenic Army.

Early life and ancestry

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Born in 1835, to the Phanariot Manos family, he was the son of the poet, writer and philosopher Konstatinos Manos (1785-1835) and his wife, Sevastia Argyropoulos (1806-1883). His father was the grandson of Nicholas Caradja, Prince of Wallachia, while his mother was the granddaughter of Michael Drakos Soutzos, Prince of Moldavia.[1]

Biography

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He entered the Hellenic Military Academy and graduated as an artillery officer.[1] He joined the Cretan uprising of 1866 as a volunteer, but was wounded and taken prisoner by the Ottomans at the battle of Vafe. He was brought to Constantinople, but managed to escape and return to Greece.[1]

During the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, he led the Greek forces in the Epirus front. After the war he was accused of negligence and blamed for the poor performance of Greek troops, but was exonerated and published an account of the campaign.[1]

He retired with the rank of major general on 29 January 1918, and died at Athens in 1922.[1]

Personal life

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In September 1868 in Paris, he was married to Roxane Mavromichalis (1848-1905). They were parents of the politician and poet Konstantinos Manos, and the army officer Petros Manos,[1] who was the father of Aspasia Manos, the consort of King Alexander of Greece.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Aspreas, G. (1929). "Μάνοι". Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Τέταρτος: Καβάδης–Μωριάς [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume IV: Kavadh–Morea] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. pp. 454–455. OCLC 31255024.

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