Nikolaos Miaoulis
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Nikolaos 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....

 navy personnel. He was the son of Antonios Miaoulis
Antonios Miaoulis
Antonios Miaoulis was a Greek politician and a revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence.-Biography:He was born on the island of Hydra and was the second son of the Hydriot admiral Andreas Miaoulis, a member of the historic Miaoulis family....

, a 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...

 and was a member of the 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...

 family from 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...

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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 1818. He studied at a military school in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 together with Athanasios Miaoulis
Athanasios Miaoulis
Athanasios Miaoulis was a Prime Minister of Greece. Born in Hydra in 1815 the son of the famous Greek admiral Andreas Miaoulis, from whom he learned his navigation skills. Moreover, Athanasios learned much about naval affairs from reading the letters of Phillip Ioannou. He finished military school...

 when he was small he entered on an English ship and enrolled himself into the Royal Navy and attended with evolution with his brother. When his brother hired into politics, Nikolaos Miaoulis entered as an aide-de-camp to Otto
Otto of Greece
Otto, Prince of Bavaria, then Othon, King of Greece was made the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers .The second son of the philhellene King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto ascended...

 until his abdication. He died in Athens
Athens
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in 1872.
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