Despina Achladiotou

Despina Achladiotou, (Greek: Δέσποινα Αχλαδιώτου) better known as the "Lady of Ro" was a common island woman who became a Greek folk heroine.

Achadiotou was born in 1889 and for 34 years (1927 - 1961) was the lone inhabitant of Ro, a tiny island in the Dodecanese chain, 3 miles from Kastellorizo. She made it her daily routine to raise the Greek flag over her island, so far from the Greek mainland, so close to Turkey, as a gesture of patriotism and to underline the Greek nature of her isle.

Achladiotou died in May 1982 and was buried, on May 14 with honours. A memorial to her exists on Ro.