Yannis Gouras
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Greek soldier (1771–1826)
Native name
Γιάννης Γκούρας
Birth nameIoannis Gouras
Ιωάννης Γκούρας
Ιωάννης Γκούρας
Born1771
Dremissa, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Dremissa, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died1 October 1826
Athens, First Hellenic Republic
Athens, First Hellenic Republic
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| Native name | Γιάννης Γκούρας |
| Birth name | Ioannis Gouras Ιωάννης Γκούρας |
| Born | 1771 Dremissa, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Died | 1 October 1826 Athens, First Hellenic Republic |
| Buried | Holy Monastery of Faneromeni, Salamis |
| Allegiance |  First Hellenic Republic |
| Service |  Hellenic Army |
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| Spouse(s) | Asimo Lidoriki |
| Relations | Dimitrios Panourgias (cousin) Nakos Panourgias (nephew) |
Yiannis Gouras (Greek: Γιάννης Γκούρας; 1771–1826) was a Greek military leader during the Greek War of Independence.
Gouras was an Arvanite.[1] A cousin of Panourgias, he distinguished himself in the battles in eastern Continental Greece, but became notorious for his invasion of the Peloponnese during the Greek civil wars of 1823–25 and his murder of his former chief, Odysseas Androutsos.[2]
He was killed during the Second Siege of the Acropolis.[3]
He was buried in a monastery in Salamis.
- ↑ Heraclides, Alexis; Kromidha, Ylli (2023). Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century: A History. Taylor & Francis. p. 32. ISBN 9781003224242.
- ↑ Dakin, Douglas (2022-05-27). The Greek Struggle for Independence 1821-1833. Univ of California Press. pp. 128–140. ISBN 978-0-520-36359-5.
- ↑ Davis, Paul K. (2003). Besieged: 100 Great Sieges from Jericho to Sarajevo. Oxford University Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-19-521930-2.
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