ALEXANDROS See also:

• ALEXANDROS KOUMOUNDOUROS (1814–1883)

KOUMOUNDOUROS (1814–1883)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek statesman, whose name is commonly spelt Coumoundouros, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1814 . His studies at the university of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens were repeatedly interrupted for lack of means, and he began to See also:

• EARN

earn his living as a clerk . He took See also:

• PART

part in the Cretan insurrection of 1841, and in the demonstration of 1843, by which the Greek constitution was obtained from See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• OTTO

Otto, he was secretary to See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Theodoraki Grivas . He then settled down to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• KALAMATA (officially KaltaµaL, from an ancient town near the site)

Kalamata in See also:

• MESSENIA (Gr. M€ rcr vrl or M€o o vta)

Messenia, where he married a See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady belonging to the Mavromichalis See also:

• FAMILY

family . He was elected to the chamber in 1851, and four years later his eloquence and ability had secured the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president's See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair for him . He became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• FINANCE

finance in 1856, and again in 1857 and 1859 . He adhered to the moderate wing of the Liberal party until the revolution of 1862 and the dethronement of King Otto, when he was minister of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice in the provincial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He was twice minister of the interior under See also:

• KANARIS (or CANARIS), CONSTANTINE (1790-1877)

Kanaris, in 1864 and in 1865 . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1865 he became See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister, and he formed several subsequent administrations in the intervals of the ascendancy of Tricoupi . During the Cretan insurrection of 1866–68 he made active warlike preparations against See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, but was dismissed by King See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, who recognized that See also:

• GREECE

Greece could not See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act without the support of the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers . He was again premier at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the outbreak of the insurrection in See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1878, and supported by See also:

• DELYANNI, THEODOROS (1826-1905)

Delyanni as minister of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs he sent an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of 1o,000 men to help the insurgents against Turkey . The troops were recalled on the understanding that Greece should be represented at the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin .

In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 188o the fall of the Tricoupi See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry restored him to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, when he resumed his warlike policy, but repeated appeals to the courts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe yielded little See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical result, and See also:

• KOUMOUNDOUROS, ALEXANDROS (1814–1883)

Koumoundouros was obliged to reduce his territorial demands and to accept the limited cessions in Thessaly and See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, which were carried out in See also:

• JULY

July 1881 . His ministry was overturned in 1882 by the votes of the new Thessalian deputies, who were dissatisfied with the administrative arrangements of the new See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, and he died at Athens on the 9th of March 1883 .