Kriezotis participated in numerous battles throughout Attica and Sterea Ellada, all the way to the Battle of Petra in 1829, the final battle of the Greek War of Independence. This was a decisive Greek victory and saw the Turks surrender the Acropolis. While there, prior to the break out of the 1821 Revolution, he was in prison, after getting involved in a quarrel and killing a Turk.Īt the outbreak of the Revolution, Nikolaos Kriezotis escaped prison and travelled back home to Euboea, where he formed his own force for the Revolution.Īn ally of Georgios Karaiskakis, Kriezotis took part in the Siege of the Acropolis in 1821-22, one of the earliest battles of the Revolution. Son of a shepherd, he became one himself, later finding work in Kotyaeion in Asia Minor.
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From Euboea, Nikolaos Kriezotis (1785 – 1853) was a Revolutionary and Fighter during the Greek Revolution of 1821 and later a politician.
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