Vasos Mavrovouniotis
Vasos Mavrovouniotis Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης | |
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Oil painting by Nikiforos Lytras | |
Native name | Васо Брајoвић |
Birth name | Vaso Brajović |
Born | 1797[1] Mojdež, Republic of Venice or Bjelopavlići (both in present-day Montenegro) |
Died | 9 June 1847(1847-06-09) (aged 49–50) Athens, Kingdom of Greece |
Allegiance | First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece |
Service/ | Greek Revolutionary Army Hellenic Army |
Battles/wars | Greek War of Independence |
Spouse(s) | Eleni Vassou |
Children | Timoleon Vassos Alexandros Vassos |
Other work | Member of the Privy Council Adjutant to King Otto |
Vasos Mavrovouniotis (Greek: Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης, literally "Vasos the Montenegrin"; 1797 – 9 June 1847), born as Vaso Brajović (Serbian: Васо Брајoвић), was a Montenegrin general who played a significant role in the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821.
Life
Origin and early life
Mavrovouniotis was born in either Mojdež[2][3] or in the Bjelopavlići plain,[4][5] (both in modern-day Montenegro), as Vaso Brajović.[2][3][6] Virtually all the historians of the Greek War of Independence agree that he was of Slavic ancestry, although some of them state he had Greek roots.[4] He was a member of the prominent military family of Brajović – and possessed military skills.[4] He went to the maritime school in Herceg Novi,[7] where he excelled.[8]
He was given the nickname Mavrovouniotis or Mavrovouniota, "Montenegrin" (Васо Црногорац), in Greece.[2]
Greek Revolution
In 1821, he led a force of 120 Montenegrins and Greeks, and joined the early stages of the Greek revolution. His first stop was in central Greece where he met with the Greek Nikolaos Kriezotis, an old time fellow warrior,[9] leader of the Greek Revolution in Euboea, with whom he was a “Vlami” (a spiritual brother, an ancient Balkan practice of blood brotherhood). In 1822, he participated in the fight against the Turks in Athens where he showed bravery and was widely accepted as one of the best fighters of its period.
In 1824, a Greek civil war erupted and Mavrovouniotis joined forces with the government mainly composed of Greeks he knew since the early stages of the revolution. For his commitment to the side that finally won the domestic conflict he was assigned the rank of General and was given a force of 1,500 men; a considerable army at that period. In the period between 1826–27 he was one of the few guerilla fighters not to be defeated by the Egyptian forces led by Ibrahim Pasha, that nearly destroyed the Greek forces. He participated in a failed Greek expedition in Cyprus and Lebanon in March 1826 aiming at inciting a revolt in those areas.[10][11]
Service in the Kingdom of Greece
In the newly established Greek state in 1830s he became a member of the elite that surrounded the first Greek King Otto, prince of Bavaria. He was both a member of the Privy Council and adjutant to King Otto. He died on 9 June 1847 and was widely admired by the Greek people as one of the leaders of the Cause and as one of the leading figures of the independent state.[12] During his military career he had a leading role in thirty six battles and had suffered many injuries, including a penetrating wound in his chest.[13]
A dagger belonging to Mavrovouniotis is displayed at the National Museum of Athens. The bayonet-like object on the left (charbi, χαρμπί) was used as knife sharpener or muzzleloader. The dagger on the right bears the inscription (in Greek): "Fighting holy battles for his friend Greece. Vassos Mavrovoniotes".[14]
Family
Mavrovouniotis married Helena Pangalou from the well known Pangalos family, in 1826. Helena followed him throughout the harsh campaigns in the Greek mountains against the Turks. She died in 1891 and they had two sons, Alexandros and Timoleon, both of whom became generals in the Greek Army.
See also
- Hadži Prodan Gligorijević, Serbian revolutionary in the First Serbian Uprising that joined the Greek War
- Giorgakis Olympios (1772–1821), fellow Greek revolutionary in the First Serbian Uprising and Greek War
- Serbs and Montenegrins in the Greek War of Independence
- Media related to Vasos Mavrovouniotis at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ Whitcombe & Eliot 1992, p. 175.
- ^ a b c Историски записи. Vol. 14, 18. с.н. 1961. p. 499.
Слично њему био је про- зван јуначким именом Црногорца (Маугоуишо1о) неустрашиви и храбри поморски капетан Васо Брајевић, родом из Мојдежа у херцегновској општини, који се као филхелен нарочито просла- вио у ...
- ^ a b Miloš Crnjanski (2003). Najlepši putopisi Miloša Crnjanskog. Prosveta. p. 76. ISBN 9788607014880.
На бедеме Триполице, у време ослобоћења грчког, први је хришћански барјак развио Васа Брајевић, капетан из Мојдежа. Он је тај који је дошао у помоћ и спасао грчку војску Фабијера, на Еубеји, па га грчки краљ Ото именова ...
- ^ a b c Papageorgiou, Stefanos P. "VASOS MAVROVOUNIOTES. A MONTENEGRIN CHIEFTAIN ON THE THRESHOLD OF MODERNITY: FROM THE SERVICE OF THE SUBLIME PORTE TO THE SERVICE OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION AND THE KINGDOM OF GREECE." Mediterranea-ricerche storiche 32 (2014).
- ^ A.N. Chrysologes, [Vasos Mayrovouniotes: Discourse which was read in the Philological Association 'Byron' in 8th January 1876], Athens, 1876, p. 15
- ^ Васко Костић, "У страним устанцима", Подвизи Бокеља ван Боке,
Бокељи су одлазили на пут у најблиставијим народним ношњама. Грци их ни по чему нису разликовали од Црногораца. Онима који су се у Грчкој задржали или постали познати, пред презименом су додавали надјевак "Мавро... " (Црногорац) са хеленизираним "ис" или "ос" завршетком. Тако су Бокељи Перо Миховић, Лесо Кордић и Васо Брајевић постали:
Петрос Мавромихалис, Александрос Маврокордатос и Васос Мавровунотис. Од осам најпознатијих вођа грчког општег устанка за ослобођење, три су била Мавро...са. Они су били активисти Фелики хетерије или клефте још прије озваничења устанка, а укључили су се у устанак од првих битака.
Бокељи, који су пристизали као добровољци, придодавани су Мавросима због лакшег споразумијевања. Тако је Крсто Брајић, јунак од заната из Брајића, придодат устаничком вођи Васу Брајевићу из Мојдежа, односно Васосу Мавровунотису. Већ након првих битака и показаног јунаштва Крста Брајића, четовођа Васос га је поставио за свог ађутанта. Да то није учинио Васос се можда никад не би прославио. - ^ Boka. Vol. 1–3. 1969. p. 154.
... поморских предмета у Поморској школи у Херцег-Новом, пом. капетани Шпиро и Марко Радуловићи из Мојдежа, Никола Јанковић из Топле и Марко Гојковић из Мокрина. У том колу најпознатији је био Васо Брајевић из Мојдежа,
- ^ Kotor (Montenegro) Pomorski muzej (1975). Godišnjak. Vol. 23–25. p. 117.
Ту се истичу: Васо Брајевић из Мојдежа,
- ^ Makrygiannēs, Iōannēs (2001). Memoirs. Narok. p. 532. ISBN 9789608708402.
- ^ Chrysologis 1876, pp. 32–37.
- ^ "The Time When Greek Revolutionaries Tried To Liberate Beirut". the961.com. 27 March 2021.
- ^ Whitcombe & Eliot 1992.
- ^ Chrysologis 1876, p. 16.
- ^ "Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης". nhmuseum.gr (in Greek).[permanent dead link]
Sources
- Papageorgiou, Stefanos P. (2014). "VASOS MAVROVOUNIOTES" (PDF). Mediterranea-ricerche Storiche (32): 463–488.
- Whitcombe, Thomas Douglas; Eliot, Charles William James (1992). Campaign of the Falieri and Piraeus in the Year 1827, Or, Journal of a Volunteer, Being the Personal Account of Captain Thomas Douglas Whitcombe. ASCSA. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-87661-405-1.
- Chrysologis, Athanasios (1876). "The Greek Fight: Vassos Mavrovouniotes, a talk given at the "Byron" Philologic Society, Athens, Jan. 8th, 1876".
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