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Dimitrios Botsaris (Template:Lang-el, 1813-1870) was a Greek Army officer and Minister of War.

D. Botsaris was the son of Markos Botsaris,[1] hero of the Greek War of Independence and captain of the Souliotes. After his father's death (1823) and the independence of Greece (1828) he studied in Munich, Germany, and later became an officer in the Greek Army (artillery)[2] Dimitris Botsaris became also three times Minister of War under Kings Otto and George I.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b University of Chicago. Encyclopædia britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge. Encyclopædia britannica, inc., 1946, p. 957
  2. ^ The journals and letters of George Finlay. Porphyrogenitus, 1995. ISBN 9781871328080, p. 786