Konstantinos Mavromichalis

Konstantinos Mavromichalis (in Greek Κωνσταντίνος Μαυρομιχάλης), brother of the Bey of Mani Petrobey Mavromichalis, was a commander of Maniot forces during the Greek War of Independence.

Along with Dimitrios Ypsilantis, he commanded the forces that saved Nafplio from Ibrahim Pasha. When two of his brothers, Tzanis Mavromichalis and Petros were arrested by government forces under Ioannis Kapodistrias, Konstantinos and the old bey's son Gorgeos Mavromichalis decided to take revenge. On the September 27, 1831 the two Maniots were waiting by the doors of the church St. Spyridonas. The governor recognised the two men and was worried. But before he could do anything the two men attacked him: Konstantinos shot the governor through the head and his nephew stabbed Capodistrias through the heart. As Konstantinos was escaping, he was shot by one of Kapodistrias' bodyguards and was captured by bystanders who mercilessly lynched him within an inch of death. Konstantinos was finally shot dead and was put out of his misery. The angry citizens of the city then dragged his corpse and threw it off a cliff called the Arvanitis. His nephew ran into the French Embassy and asked for asylum. His request was refused and he was promptly remanded to the Greek authorities who put him on trial and executed him by a firing squad.