Augustinos Kapodistrias

Count
Augustinos Kapodistrias
Αυγουστίνος Καποδίστριας
Portrait, 19th century
Governor of Greece
In office
27 September 1831 – 28 March 1832[a]
Preceded byIoannis Kapodistrias
Succeeded byGeorgios Kountouriotis
(as President of the Administrative Committee of Greece (1832))
Personal details
Born1778[1]
Corfu, Republic of Venice
Died1857 (aged 78–79)
St. Petersburg, Russia
PartyRussian Party
RelationsViaros Kapodistrias (brother)
Ioannis Kapodistrias (brother)

Count Augustinos Ioannis Maria Kapodistrias (Greek: Αυγουστίνος Ιωάννης Μαρία Καποδίστριας; 1778–1857) was a Greek soldier and politician.

Early life and family

He was born in Corfu.[2] He studied geology.

Augustinos Kapodistrias was the younger brother of Viaros Kapodistrias and Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece.

Political career

After the assassination of his brother Ioannis Kapodistrias on 9 October 1831, Augustinos succeeded him as head of the governing council, and in the office of governor. His six-month rule was marked by political instability and the country's slide to anarchy.

Later life

On 28 March 1832, Augustinos took his brother's embalmed body, his correspondence, and some of his personal belongings, boarded a Russian frigate, and left for Corfu. From there, he travelled on to Saint Petersburg, where he settled, receiving a pension from the Russian government. On 16 July 1840, the Ionian States, under British protection, confirmed his noble title of Count Kapodistrias. He died in 1857 in St. Petersburg, leaving no descendants.[3]

The remains of Ioannis and Augustinos Kapodistrias and their father now rest in the Monastery of Our Lady of the Sign in Corfu.

References

  1. ↑ As President of the Administrative Committee of Greece (1831) until 8 December 1831.
  1. ↑ Note: Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style.
  2. ↑ Σαν Σήμερα.gr - Βιογραφίες: Αυγουστίνος Καποδίστριας (1778-1857) Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Frary, Lucien J. (2015). Russia and the Making of Modern Greek Identity, 1821-1844. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-19-873377-5.

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