Andreas Kontogouris
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Andreas Kontogouris was a Greek
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 revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence
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.

He was born in the island of Cefalonia at the time it was in Venetian hands and later moved to Patras
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, on the present-day mainland of Greece, in 1786.

Kontogouris was counsellor to France
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, Spain
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, United States
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 and other governments. He accumulated a great fortune and participated during the revolution
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. He also ran the Cefalonian Body, which he equipped at his own expense. When the Turks
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 invaded Patras
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, he was chased away and returned to Kefalonia. Before he left, he put the lights on in his warehouses, most of which were full; consequently, his goods remained out of the hands of the Turks.
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