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Spyros Spyromilios | |
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 Spyromilios c. 1915. | |
| Native name | Σπύρος Σπυρομήλιος |
| Nickname(s) | Eagle of Himarra (Ο Αϊτός της Χειμάρρας) |
| Born | c. 1864 Himarra, Sanjak of Delvina, Ottoman Empire (now Albania) |
| Died | 19 May 1930 Athens, Second Hellenic Republic |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/ | |
| Years of service | 1896–1926 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Commands | Civil Governor and Military Commander of Himarra (1914)[1] |
| Battles/wars | Greco-Turkish War (1897) Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars North Epirote Struggle |
| Other work | Member of the Ethniki Etaireia Member of the Greek Parliament (1915–1917) |
Spyros Spyromilios (Greek: Σπύρος Σπυρομήλιος; c. 1864–1930) was a Greek Gendarmerie officer and guerilla fighter who took part in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Greek Struggle for Macedonia, and the Balkan Wars. In 1914 he proclaimed the Autonomy of his native town, Himarra, and joined the autonomist struggle of Northern Epirus against its inclusion within the newly established Principality of Albania.[2]
- ^ Gedeon, Dimitrios, ed. (2000). The struggle for Northern Epirus (1.udg. ed.). Athens: Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate. p. 120. ISBN 9789607897404.
Spyromelios, the civil governor and military commander of Cheimarra
- ^ Sakellariou M. V.. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization. Ekdotikē Athēnōn, 1997. ISBN 978-960-213-371-2, p. 382: "born in the Northern Epirote town of Cheimara and a major in the Greek army, proclaimed the autonomy of Cheimara"
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