George Liolios Xirolivaditis or Xerolivadiotis was a Greek armatolos and fighter of the Greek Revolution in 1821 who lived from the late 18th century until the mid of the 19th century.
10 Facts About Liolios Xirolivaditis
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Liolios Xirolivaditis's son was Spyridon Liolios who was born on October 10,1817, in Souli.
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Liolios Xirolivaditis died in 1860 at the age of 78 in Messolonghi.
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Liolios Xirolivaditis joined groups of klephts in Macedonia, Thessaly and Epirus.
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Liolios Xirolivaditis finally came to terms with Ali Pasha, by whom he was appointed armatolos in the region of Veria and Edessa and he collaborated with A Karatasos.
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Liolios Xirolivaditis served next to great chiefs such as Souliotes Markos and Kostas Botsaris, his compatriot Anastasios Karatasos, Kolokotronis, Ypsilantis, Kyriakos Mavromichalis.
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Liolios Xirolivaditis defended the Mills of Lerna in 1825 under the leadership of Dimitrios Ypsilantis and Kyriakos Mavromichalis, fighting against Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
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Liolios Xirolivaditis followed Ypsilantis and Mavromichalis in various other operations in the Peloponnese.
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For instance, in September 1823, Liolios Xirolivaditis was on Hydra island and from there he went to Salamina at the suggestion of Alexandros Mavrokordatos.
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Anastasios Londos made sure that Liolios Xirolivaditis' demands were met, but not the conferment of offices: "I have finished all the cases of Liolios Xirolivaditis, apart from the offices that George has requested".