Nikitaras

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Nikitaras Νικηταράς
A portrait of Nikitaras.
Birth name	Nikitas Stamatelopoulos Νικήτας Σταματελόπουλος
Nickname(s)	The Turk-Eater Ο Τουρκοφάγος
Born	c. 1784 Nedoussa, Messenia or Leontari, Arcadia, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died	c. 1849 Piraeus, Kingdom of Greece
Buried	First Cemetery of Athens
Allegiance	Russian Empire First Hellenic Republic Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army  Hellenic Army
Unit	Greek Legion
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars War of the Third Coalition Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples Greek War of Independence Siege of Tripolitsa Battle of Valtetsi Battle of Doliana Greek Civil Wars Battle of Dervenakia Third Siege of Missolonghi Battle of Arachova[1]
Relations	Theodoros Kolokotronis (uncle)
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Nikitaras (Greek: Νικηταράς) was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos^[1] (Greek: Νικήτας Σταματελόπουλος) (c. 1784 – 1849), a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as Turkofagos or Turkophagos (Greek: Τουρκοφάγος), literally meaning the "Turk-Eater".^[1]