Petros Manos

Petros Manos (Greek: Πέτρος Μάνος 7 April 1871 – 4 April 1918) was a Colonel in Hellenic Army. He also competed in fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Colonel Petros Manos
Petros Manos in fancing dress
Native name	Πέτρος Μάνος
Born	7 April 1871 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died	4 April 1918 Switzerland
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch	Hellenic Army HMC
Battles / wars	Greco-Turkish War (1897) Cretan Revolt Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War
Spouse(s)	Maria Argyropoulou Sofia Tombazi
Children	Aspasia Manos Roxanne Manou Rallou Manou
Relations	Konstantinos Manos (brother) Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (granddaughter) Alexander of Yugoslavia (great-grandson)
Other work	Olympic Athlete

Ancestry

Manos family coat of arms

Petros Manos was born in Athens in 1871, as the youngest son of Major general Thrasyvoulos Manos (1835–1922), a member of the prominent Phanariote Manos family, and Roxane Mavromichalis (1848–1905), member of the distinguished Mavromichalis family of Mani.

Military career

He entered the Hellenic Army Academy and graduated in 1892. He fought in the Cretan uprisings of 1896–1897, and participated in the Macedonian Struggle, leading an armed band in 1904–1907 under the nom de guerre Kapetan Vergos (Καπετάν Βέργος). A royalist during the National Schism, he followed King Constantine I into exile in Switzerland in 1917, and died there on 4 April 1918.

First marriage

From his first marriage with Maria Argyropoulos (1874–1930), Petros is father of Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark (1896–1972) who married King Alexander of Greece (1893–1920) and had child who was Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1921–1993), who later married King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923–1970) and also had one child Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945). From this marriage he also had one daughter, Roxanne (born 28 February 1898.), who became wife of an athlete and later industrialist Christos Zalokostas (1894–1975).

Second marriage

After divorcing his first wife, he contracted second marriage with Sophie Tombazis, daughter of Alexandros Tombazis (son of Georgios Tombazis and Princess Eufrosina Mavrocordato) and his cousin Princess Maria Mavrocordato. His second wife Sophie was direct patrilineal descendant of Iakovos Tombazis (1782–1829), who was first Admiral of the Hellenic Navy during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. With her he had one daughter Rallou (1915–1988), a choreographer, modern dancer and dance teacher, who was married to a prominent Greek architect Pavlos Mylonas.

Olympic games

Petros Manos was also a professional fencer. As a member of Greek Olympic team he competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden.