Dimitrios Miaoulis
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Dimitrios Miaoulis was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 revolutionary leader
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

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Biography

He was born in Hydra
Hydra, Saronic Islands
Hydra is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Gulf. It is separated from the Peloponnese by narrow strip of water...

 in 1794 and was the first son of the naval leader Andreas Miaoulis who participated in the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

 from the Historic Hydrian family of Miaoulis
Miaoulis
The surname Miaoulis belongs to an illustrious family of Hydriot origin, whose original name was Vokos . Its members include:*Andreas Miaoulis, the most significant naval leader of the Greek War of Independence of 1821...

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He was educated into the navigation during his childhood years and with the outbreak of the revolution, he was the first to represent from all of his family. In April 1821, he was appointed by the community of Hydra as a fleet commander of the Hydrian boats which with the cooperation of Spetses ships sailed into the Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Corinth
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 in May.

In september 1825 he headed for England for asking the protection of Greece from England in the model of the United States of the Ionian Islands
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After the national he was ranked with a mark of a ship leader from the Royal Navy, after Kapodistrias
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias |Academy of Athens]] Critical Observations about the 6th-Grade History Textbook"): "3.2.7. Σελ. 40: Δεν αναφέρεται ότι ο Καποδίστριας ήταν Κερκυραίος ευγενής." "...δύο ιστορικούς της Aκαδημίας κ.κ...

, he was granted federal land.

He died in 1836. He was married to Maroussa Voudouri and he had three children, Andreas
Andreas D. Miaoulis
Andreas Miaoulis was a Greek naval officer, hailing from the distinguished Hydriot Miaoulis family. He was the son of Dimitrios Miaoulis and grandson of Andreas Miaoulis, the celebrated admiral of the Greek War of Independence....

, Nikolaos and Dimitrios
Dimitrios D. Miaoulis
Dimitrios D. Miaoulis was a Greek politician. He was the son of Dimitrios Miaoulos and relative of the navy leader during the Greek War of Independence Andreas Miaoulis from the historic Hydriot family of Miaoulis.-Biography:...

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