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Anastasios Manakis orMichaloglou (Greek:Αναστάσιος Μανάκης-Μιχάλογλου;c. 1790 – 27 July 1864) was a Greek revolutionary of theGreek War of Independence.
Anastasios Manakis | |
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 A portrait of Anastasios Manakis | |
| Native name | Αναστάσιος Μανάκης-Μιχάλογλου |
| Born | 1790 (1790) |
| Died | 27 July 1864(1864-07-27) (aged 73–74) |
| Allegiance |  First Hellenic Republic |
| Branch |  Hellenic Army |
| Unit | Sacred Band |
| Battles / wars | |
| Other work | Member of theFiliki Etaireia Greek consul toBelgrade |
Manakis was anAromanian.[1] He born in about 1790 inEpirus. He was from the Aromanian village ofAnilio but at an early age moved toConstantinople and worked as an animal merchant. In 1818 he was initiated into theFiliki Eteria. In 1820,Alexandros Ypsilantis commissioned him to either free or murder Aristeidis Papas, who had been sent toSerbia to encourage the Serbs to rise up against theOttomans and held secret documents of the Filiki Etairia. His mission failed.
After the outbreak of the revolution in theDanubian Principalities in 1821, he attacked, along with Diamantis Serdaris and Ioannis Solomontas against Jovan Rogobeci, killing him. Together withGiorgakis Olympios, they saved the remainingSacred Band revolutionaries after theBattle of Drăgășani. Subsequently, he was besieged by the Ottomans. Following the forced submission of other chieftains, he escaped in disguise to theAustrian Empire. Although he was jailed for violating Austrianneutrality, he managed to escape and flee to the Peloponnese in 1825.
He fought in theBattle of Dervenakia[dubious –discuss] and in theThird Siege of Missolonghi. He then fled toBelgrade, returning to Greece in 1826 where he served underIoannis Kolettis. After the liberation, he founded schools and libraries inAthens and the provinces, and supplied the police with uniforms and guns in Athens andPiraeus. In 1844 he became consul ofGreece in Belgrade until 1849.
He died in 1864.