Laskarina Bouboulina

Rear Admiral Laskarina Bouboulina
Oil painting of Bouboulina National Historical Museum, Athens
Native name	Λασκαρίνα Μπουμπουλίνα Laskarina Bouboulina[1]
Birth name	Λασκαρίνα Πινότση Laskarina Pinotsi
Nickname(s)	Καπετάνισσα Kapetanissa Κυρά Kyra
Born	1771 (1771) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Died	22 May 1825(1825-05-22) (aged 53–54) Spetses, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Allegiance	First Hellenic Republic
Service/branch	Hellenic Navy
Rank	Captain (Revolutionary Navy) Rear Admiral (Posthumous, Hellenic Navy)[2] Admiral (Posthumous, Russian Navy)
Commands held	Agamemnon
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence X Siege of Nafplion Siege of Monemvasia
Spouse(s)	Dimitrios Yiannouzas
Children	Yiannis Yiannouzas Georgios Yiannouzas Eleni Boubouli
Relations	Panos Kolokotronis (son-in-law), Lela Karagianni (Great Granddaughter)
Other work	Member of the Filiki Etaireia
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Laskarina Pinotsi, commonly known as Bouboulina (Greek: Λασκαρίνα (Μπουμπουλίνα) Πινότση;^{[note 1]} 1771 – 22 May 1825), was an Albanian naval commander, heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, and considered perhaps the first woman to attain the rank of admiral.

Bouboulina was born in Constantinople in 1771. Her father was Stavrianos Pinotsis, an Albanian from Hydra and her mother was Skevo Kokkini, descendant of the Byzantine Kokkinis Albanian family. During her youth, she developed an interest in sailing which was facilitated by her stepfather's liberal attitude to education. She was widowed twice, inheriting a considerable sum of money from her second husband. She later allegedly joined the Filiki Etaireia secret society which sought to achieve Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire, being among the few women to do so. Following the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence she commanded a fleet of Spetsiot ships which contributed to several campaigns most notably the siege of Nafplion.

Following the defeat of her faction in the Greek civil war in 1824, Bouboulina was briefly imprisoned and expelled to Spetses. She was killed on 22 May 1825, during the course of a family feud.

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