| Ioannis Diamantopoulos Ιωάννης Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος |
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| Born | 1766 Corinth, (now Greece) |
| Died | 1826 Messolongi, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | Greek revolutionary leader |
Ioannis Diamantopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος, 1766 in Corinth – 1826 in Messolongi) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830).
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Diamantopoulos was born in Corinth in 1766. He lost both parents at a young age and moved to Patras. He married Eleni Kalamogdarti in 1800. Papadiamantopoulos was an upper-class resident of Patras before the revolution broke out. He had an estate in the area of Agios Dimitrios.
Papadiamantopoulos sold his entire estate during the revolution incited from the Greeks and carried weapon trade from Italy. Later, he headed to Italy with a ship containing weaponry and hunting from English ships on the Gulf of Patras and brought with him a small ship from Mesollongi which later traded with Patras. In March 1822, he was a fortress chief of a battlefield in Patras and participated in the receipt of the castle of Nafplio. Papadiamantopoulos managed the naval battles of Hydra and Spetses and also of Ilia. He was made president of the tri-member with commission power fallow Greece.
He councilled polemically in the second Battle of Messolongi from March 1825. Otherwise, he headed to Zakynthos and bought and carried weaponry for the soldiers. That time, his family moved to Zakynthos. His friends counseled in order not to return to Messolongi but Papadiamanatopoulos refused. He battled at Messologni and was killed there. After the revolution, his family returned to Patras.
A memorial square for Papadiamantopoulos is located next to his house.
He was married to Eleni Kalamogdartis, daughter of the Kalamogdartis family from Patras, with whom he had six children: Anastasios, Panagiotis, Spyridonas, Dimitrios, Konstantinos and Adamantios.