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Kostas Botsaris
Κώστας Μπότσαρης
*Kosta Boçari*
Kostas Botsaris; Κώστας Μπότσαρης; Kosta Boçari;
	A portrait of Kostas Botsaris in uniform
Senator
	In office; 1844–1847
Monarch	Otto
Prime Minister	Ioannis Kolettis
Personal details
Born	Konstantinos Botsaris; Κωνσταντίνος Μπότσαρης; Kosta Boçari; c. 1792; Souli, Pashalik of Yanina, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died	13 November 1853 (Aged 60–61); Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Spouse	Eleni Iskou
Relations	Kitsos Botsaris (father); Notis Botsaris (uncle); Markos Botsaris (brother); Tousias Botsaris (cousin); Dimitrios Botsaris (nephew); Katerina Botsari (niece)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the Redeemer
Nickname(s)	Kitsos; Κίτσος
Military service
Allegiance	First French Empire; First Hellenic Republic; Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service	Imperial French Army; Hellenic Army
Years of service	1814–1850
Rank	General (Hellenic Army)
Unit	Albanian Regiment
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence Battle of Karpenisi; Battle of Arachova; Battle of Phaleron; ;

Kostas (Kitsos) Botsaris (Greek: Κώστας (Κίτσος) Μπότσαρης, c. 1792–1853),^[2] also known as Constantine Botzaris, was a Greek general and senator.^[3] He was also a captain and a hero of the War of Greek Independence. He fought at the Battle of Karpenisi and completed the victory of his brother, the renowned Markos Botsaris.^[3]

Early life

Kosta Botsaris was born in 1792 near Paramythia.

Greek War of Independence

In 1803 Kostas Botsaris and the remnants of the Souliotes crossed over to the Ionian Islands, where they ultimately took service in the French-raised Albanian Regiment. In 1814, he joined the Greek patriotic society known as the Filiki Eteria.^{[citation needed]} In 1820, he fought to the end on Ali Pasha's side against the Ottoman army.^[4]

On the night of 21 August 1823 Kostas, under the leadership of his brother Markos participated in the celebrated attack on Karpenisi by 350 Souliotes, against around 1000 Ottoman troops who formed the vanguard of the army with which Mustai Pasha was advancing to reinforce the besiegers. The Souliotes were victorious, however his brother was fatally wounded in the attack.^[3]

Later life

After the death of his brother Markos Botsaris, Kostas lived on to become a respected Greek general and parliamentarian in the Greek Kingdom. Fifteen years after the death of his brother, the American traveller and author Mr. John Lloyd Stephens visited Kostas Botsaris, then a colonel in the service of King Otto of Greece in Missolonghi,^[5] and described him as:

A man of about fifty years of age, of middle height and spare build, who, immediately after the formal introduction, expressed his gratitude as a Greek for the services rendered his country by America; and added, with sparkling eye and flushed cheek, that when the Greek revolutionary flag sailed into the port of Napoli di Romania, among hundreds of vessels of all nations, an American captain was the first to recognize and salute it.
— John Lloyd Stephens, 1838^[5]^[6]

Botsaris continued to serve in the Greek kingdom until his death in Athens on 13 November 1853.^[3]

References

^ Albanians at White House by the side of civilization, pg. 30
^ Südost-Institut München; Deutsches Auslandswissenschaftliches Institut (Berlin, Germany) (1993). "Südost Forschungen, Volume 52". Südost-Forschungen: Internationale Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Kultur und Landeskunde Südosteuropas. S. Hirzel: 144. ISSN 0081-9077.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Botsaris, Kostas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1946. p. 957.
^ Stathis 2007, p. 177.
^ ^a ^b Willson, Marcius (2009). Mosaics of Grecian History. BiblioBazaar. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-559-12872-1.
^ Stephens, John Lloyd (1838). Incidents of travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland, by the author of 'Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy land'. New York: Harper & Bros. pp. 23–24. OCLC 178150.

Bibliography

Stathis, Panagiotis (2007). "From Klephts and Armatoloi to Revolutionaries". In Anastasopoulos, Antonis; Kolovos, Elias (eds.). Ottoman rule and the Balkans, 1760-1850: Conflict, Transformation, Adaption (PDF). University of Crete.
Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland (1838)