Gorgeos Mavromichalis
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Gorgeos Mavromichalis was son of the great Maniot primate Petros Mavromichalis. When his father was captured, placed in prison and charged with high treason on the order of president Capodistrias , Gorgeos and his uncle Kostantinos Mavromichalis decided to take revenge. On the 27 September 1831 the duo decided to assassinate the president as he entered St Spyridon church in Nauplio. As his uncle stabbed Capodistrias, Gorgeos stabbed the president through the heart. As they were escaping Konstantinos was shot. An angry mob grabbed Gorgeos as his grieving father watched.
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