Chrysanthos Sisinis
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Chrysanthos Sisinis was a Greek
Greece
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 revolutionary leader
Greek War of Independence
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 and a politician.

He was born in Gastouni
Gastouni
Gastouni is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Distance is south of Lechaina, from Kyllini Baths, from Pyrgos, NW of Amaliada and SW of...

 and was the son of Georgios Sisinis
Georgios Sisinis
Georg Sisinis was a Greek politician and a Greek revolutionary leader.-Biography:He was born in Gastouni in the modern Ilia Prefecture and descended from a rich and historic family of the area. During the Ottoman rule, he was a chief of Gastouni. He had participated in the Secret Society in 1819...

. He battled Patras
Patras
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, Athens
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, Messolongi and severl other battles. He was jailed together with his father in the civil period as an adherent of Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

. After his release, he entered politics and was elected many times and a representative for Ilia. He died in 1845 and was survived by his daughter Viktoria.
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