Dimitrakis Deligiannis (Greek:Δημητράκης Δεληγιάννης;c. 1783 – 1848) was a fighter of theGreek War of Independence of 1821 fromArcadia, Greece.
Dimitrakis Deligiannis was born in about 1783 inLagadia in Arcadia in thePeloponnese, and was the son of the importantprovost Ioannis Deligiannis who was killed before the revolution by theOttoman authorities with the sultan'sfirman. He was a member ofFiliki Eteria[1] and at the beginning of theGreek revolution, he actively participated along with the rest of his brothers. He took part in thegeneral massacre of the Ottoman inhabitants of Lagadia who had been disarmed a long time earlier by the forces of his brotherKanellos and in the expedition that led to the downfall of the strong Ottoman stronghold of Lalas.[2] He was then actively involved in the decisive battle during thesiege of Tripolitsa, thebattle of Grana,[3] and a few days later he proceeded with 500 men to occupy the village ofMantzagra, nearTripolitsa.[4] During the fall of the city, Deligiannis entered it from theparapet ofSeragio[5] before heading toPatras where he participated in the siege of the city.
In 1822, he participated in the attempt to repel the expedition ofDramalis,[6] fighting, among other places, inAgionori.[7] For his contribution, he was promoted to the rank oflieutenant general[8] on January 22, 1823. During the civil war, Dimitrakis Deligiannis sided with theKoundouriotis government. After the defeat of the side he supported, he surrendered together with the rest of his brothers at the beginning of February 1825 inNafplio[9] and was imprisoned inYdra. He was later released and took part in operations againstIbrahim Pasha's Egyptian army. In 1825 Deligiannis fought as a commander in the unsuccessfulbattle of Trambala, and in July he carried out various ambushes against the enemy forces inDervenia Leontari.[10] He fought inPiana and at the beginning of 1826 in a victorious battle between the villages ofZevgolatio andAgiannis.[11]
Deligiannis was promoted to the rank ofgeneral and after the liberation, he settled in Lagadia where he died in 1848.[12]
Deligiannis and his wife Stathoula had a sonIoannis, who became a politician and served as a government minister in 1874–76.