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Olivier Voutier (born 30 May 1796 in Thouars, France; died 18 April 1877 at Hyères, France) was a French naval officer who discovered the statue of the Venus de Milo in 1820, and fought in the Greek War of Independence.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Athens, Castel Sainte-Claire, Charles François de Riffardeau, marquis de Rivière, Constantinople, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Greek military ranks, Greek War of Independence, Hyères, Ioannis Kolettis, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Louis XVIII, Siege, Siege of Tripolitsa, Thomas Gordon (British Army officer), Thouars, Toulon, Venus de Milo.

  2. French philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence
  3. Greek colonels
  4. People from Deux-Sèvres

Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Castel Sainte-Claire

The Castel Sainte-Claire is a villa in the hills above Hyères, in the Var Département of France, which was the residence of Olivier Voutier, a French officer who brought the Venus de Milo to France in 1820, and later of the American novelist Edith Wharton.

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Charles François de Riffardeau, marquis de Rivière

Charles François de Riffardeau, marquis, then duc de Rivière (Ferté-sur-Cher, 17 December 1763 — 1828) was French ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire, 1815–1821, for which service he was made duc in 1825.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Demetrios Ypsilantis

Demetrios Ypsilantis (alternatively spelled Demetrius Ypsilanti; Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης,; Dumitru Ipsilanti, Dmitriy Konstantinovich Ipsilanti; 179316 August 1832) was a Greek army officer who served in both the Hellenic Army and the Imperial Russian Army.

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Greek military ranks

Modern Greek military ranks are based on Ancient Greek and Byzantine terminology.

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Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829.

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Hyères

Hyères, Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm, or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The old town lies from the sea clustered around the Castle of Saint Bernard, which is set on a hill.

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Ioannis Kolettis

Ioannis Kolettis (died 17 September 1847) was a Greek politician who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence through the early years of the Greek Kingdom, including as Minister to France and serving twice as Prime Minister.

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Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

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Louis XVIII

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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Siege

A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.

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Siege of Tripolitsa

The siege of Tripolitsa or fall of Tripolitsa (Álosi tis Tripolitsás), also known as the Tripolitsa massacre (Tripoliçe katliamı), was an early victory of the revolutionary Greek forces in the summer of 1821 during the Greek War of Independence, which had begun earlier that year, against the Ottoman Empire.

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Thomas Gordon (British Army officer)

Major-General Thomas Gordon (1788 – 20 April 1841) was a British army officer and historian. Olivier Voutier and Thomas Gordon (British Army officer) are Greek colonels and Hellenic Army officers.

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Thouars

Thouars is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

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Toulon

Toulon (Tolon, Touloun) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base.

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Venus de Milo

The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period.

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See also

French philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence

Greek colonels

People from Deux-Sèvres

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Voutier