Nikitaras
Nikitaras Νικηταράς | |
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A portrait of Nikitaras. | |
| Birth name | Nikitas Stamatelopoulos Νικήτας Σταματελόπουλος |
| Nickname(s) | The Turk-Eater Ο Τουρκοφάγος |
| Born | c. 1784 Nedoussa, Messenia or Leontari, Arcadia, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Died | c. 1849 Piraeus, Kingdom of Greece |
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| Allegiance | Russian Empire First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece |
| Service | Imperial Russian Army Hellenic Army |
| Unit | Greek Legion |
| Battles / wars | Napoleonic Wars |
| Relations | Theodoros Kolokotronis (uncle) |
| Signature | |
Nikitaras (Greek: Νικηταράς) was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos (Greek: Νικήτας Σταματελόπουλος) (c. 1784 – 1849), a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as Turkofagos or Turkophagos (Greek: Τουρκοφάγος), literally meaning the "Turk-Eater".