Dimitrios Makris was a Greek chief klepht

Klepht

Klephts were self-appointed armatoloi, anti-Ottoman insurgents, and warlike mountain-folk who lived in the countryside when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire...

, armatole

Armatoloi

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 military commander and fighter of the 1821 revolution

Greek War of Independence

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. He was a member of Filiki Eteria

Filiki Eteria

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 and one of the most powerful chieftains in West Central Greece

Central Greece

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Early life

Dimitrios Makris was born in 1772 in Gavalou

Gavalou

Gavalou is a town in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Its 2001 population was 1,289. Gavalou is in the municipal unit of Makryneia...

 Evrytania

Evrytania

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. His father was Evangelos Makris, who had taken part in the Greek revolt in 1770. After his death Dimitrios became Captain in the district of Zyghos.

Greek War of Independence

He was originally a klepht

Klepht

Klephts were self-appointed armatoloi, anti-Ottoman insurgents, and warlike mountain-folk who lived in the countryside when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire...

 under Captain Georgios Sfaltos, and took after the death in battle over the body. Appointed Armatolos he never collaborated with Ali Pasha. He had acquired much wealth by plundering the Turks at Vrachori. He was initiated into the Filiki Eteria

Filiki Eteria

thumb|right|200px|The flag of the Filiki Eteria.Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends was a secret 19th century organization, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece and to establish an independent Greek state. Society members were mainly young Phanariot Greeks from Russia and local...

 just before the revolution launched in Western Greece on May 5, 1821.
He participated in many battles against the Ottoman Turks including the Exodus of Missolonghi. During the siege Dimitrios Makris married Eupraxia, daughter of the cities notable Samos Razi-Kotsikas. He later fought in Agrinio

Agrinio

Agrinion is the largest city and municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit of Greece, with 96,321 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the town of Mesolonghi. The settlement dates back to ancient times...

 and Aitoliko

Aitoliko

Aitoliko is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Messolonghi, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located north of the Acheloos delta. The Greek National Road 5/E55 passes through the...

 and with the collaboration of Georgios Karaiskakis

Georgios Karaiskakis

Georgios Karaiskakis born Georgios Iskos was a famous Greek klepht, armatolos, military commander, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.- Early life :...

 troops attacked and repulsed a body of Albanians

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. Soon after he joined the troops of Alexandros Mavrokordatos. In 1823 he took a diploma in the army. He was participated as a representative in the Convention

Political convention

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 of 1831. After the establishment of the Greek kingdom Dimitrios chose to remain outside the political and military honors. He returned to his hometown where he eventually died in 1841.

Historical relics

Numerous weapons of Dimitros Makris are preserved in the City town Hall of Missolonghi including the sword which he used in the Exodus of Missolonghi, which belonged to his ancestral family and dates back to the old fighters of 1732. The museum also hold his famous silver rifle, the Liaros, imortalised by Spontis a poet of the 1821 revolution.