Dimitrios Papatsonis [SEP] conflict
Dimitrios Papatsonis
Dimitrios Papatsonis (, c. 1798 – 24 June 1825) was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence from Peloponnese. He was killed at the age of 27 in June 1825 during the battle of Trikorfa against the Egyptian forces of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
Biography.
He was born in Naziri of Messenia (today Eva village) from one of the most important families of the area even during the pre-revolutionary period. He was son of Anagnostis Papatsonis, notable of the province of Androusa,
Theodoros Kolokotronis, whom he followed in the military operations in Arcadia. Despite his advanced age, he participated in the Battle of Valtetsi in May 1821 as the head of the fighters of Androusa and Leontari. Positioned on the western bastion of the Greek camp together with Ioannis Mavromichalis, P. Kefalas and Dimitrios Papatsonis, he was distinguished for the repulse of the repeated attacks of the Ottoman cavalry. Later he participated in the siege and conquest of Tripolitsa. In 1822, he participated in the operations against the expeditionary force of Mahmud Dramali