Theodoros Kolokotronis

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Greek general human national hero revolutionary leader

Theodoros Kolokotronis was a leading Greek general and national hero of the Greek War of Independence, renowned for his pivotal role in key battles and in shaping the emerging Greek state.

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Label	Occurrences
Theodoros Kolokotronis canonical	24

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T565316 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Context triple: [Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence, significantFigure, Theodoros Kolokotronis]

A. Ioannis Kolettis
Ioannis Kolettis was a 19th-century Greek politician and statesman who played a key role in the early years of the modern Greek state and became its first prime minister.
B. Digenis Akritas
Digenis Akritas is a celebrated Byzantine epic poem and heroic figure of the medieval Greek frontier ballad tradition, depicting the exploits of a border warrior defending the empire’s eastern frontiers.
C. Alexandros Papagos
Alexandros Papagos was a Greek field marshal and statesman who led government forces to victory in the Greek Civil War and later served as Prime Minister of Greece.
D. Dionysios Solomos
Dionysios Solomos was a 19th-century Greek poet, regarded as the national poet of Greece and best known for writing the verses that became the Greek national anthem.
E. Nikolaos Mantzaros
Nikolaos Mantzaros was a 19th-century Greek composer best known for writing the music to the "Hymn to Liberty," which became the national anthem of Greece.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Theodoros Kolokotronis
Target entity description: Theodoros Kolokotronis was a leading Greek general and national hero of the Greek War of Independence, renowned for his pivotal role in key battles and in shaping the emerging Greek state.

A. Ioannis Kolettis
Ioannis Kolettis was a 19th-century Greek politician and statesman who played a key role in the early years of the modern Greek state and became its first prime minister.
B. Digenis Akritas
Digenis Akritas is a celebrated Byzantine epic poem and heroic figure of the medieval Greek frontier ballad tradition, depicting the exploits of a border warrior defending the empire’s eastern frontiers.
C. Alexandros Papagos
Alexandros Papagos was a Greek field marshal and statesman who led government forces to victory in the Greek Civil War and later served as Prime Minister of Greece.
D. Dionysios Solomos
Dionysios Solomos was a 19th-century Greek poet, regarded as the national poet of Greece and best known for writing the verses that became the Greek national anthem.
E. Nikolaos Mantzaros
Nikolaos Mantzaros was a 19th-century Greek composer best known for writing the music to the "Hymn to Liberty," which became the national anthem of Greece.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek general ⓘ human ⓘ national hero ⓘ revolutionary leader ⓘ
burialPlace	First Cemetery of Athens ⓘ
causeOfNotability	key leader of the Greek War of Independence ⓘ
child	Gennaios Kolokotronis ⓘ Konstantinos Kolokotronis (son) ⓘ linked to: Konstantinos Kolokotronis Panos Kolokotronis ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Greek national anniversaries of 1821 ⓘ statues in Athens ⓘ statues in Tripoli, Greece ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Greece ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1770-04-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1843-02-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
familyName	Kolokotronis ⓘ
father	Konstantinos Kolokotronis ⓘ
fullName	Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ
givenName	Theodoros ⓘ
hasOccupation	military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
honorificTitle	Old Man of the Morea ⓘ
languageSpoken	Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
militaryBranch	revolutionary Greek forces ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
movement	Greek War of Independence ⓘ
nativeName	Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης ⓘ
notableFor	influencing the political organization of the emerging Greek state ⓘ leading Greek revolutionary forces in the Peloponnese ⓘ strategic use of guerrilla warfare against Ottoman forces ⓘ
notableWork	defense of the Peloponnese in 1822 ⓘ leadership in the Siege of Tripolitsa ⓘ role in the Battle of Dervenakia ⓘ
participantIn	Battle of Dervenakia ⓘ Greek War of Independence ⓘ Peloponnesian campaigns of 1821–1822 ⓘ Siege of Tripolitsa ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Peloponnese ⓘ Ramovouni, Messenia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Athens ⓘ
positionHeld	counselor of state in independent Greece ⓘ member of the Executive of the Provisional Government of Greece ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
residence	Nafplio ⓘ linked to: Nafplion Peloponnese ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Aikaterini Karousou ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence → significantFigure → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Greek War of Independence → hasCommander → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Theodoros Kolokotronis → fullName → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Fortress of Palamidi → notablePrisoner → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Filiki Eteria → notableMember → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 → commander → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Demetrios Ypsilantis → ally → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Ramovouni, Messenia → hasNotablePerson → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Siege of Tripolitsa → hasCommander → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Siege of Tripolitsa → notableParticipant → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Battle of Dervenakia → commander → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Battle of Dervenakia → GreekCommander → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Battle of Dervenakia → associatedWith → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Aikaterini Karousou → spouse → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Old Man of the Morea → refersTo → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Old Man of the Morea → honors → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Konstantinos Kolokotronis → fatherOf → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Konstantinos Kolokotronis → relative → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Gennaios Kolokotronis → father → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Kolokotronis → notableBearer → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Panos Kolokotronis → father → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Panos Kolokotronis → notableRelative → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

Memoirs of Theodoros Kolokotronis → author → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ

subject linked to: memoirs of Theodoros Kolokotronis

Memoirs of Theodoros Kolokotronis → mainSubject → Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ