Aikaterini Trikoupi
Greek politician
Aikaterini Trikoupi (Greek: Αικατερίνη Τρικούπη, Constantinople, 1800 – Aegina, 15 July 1871) was the wife of the Prime Minister of Greece and historian Spyridon Trikoupis. Her son was Charilaos Trikoupis, also a prime minister.
Biography
Family
She was born in Constantinople in 1800, the daughter of the scholar and officer in the Danubian Principalities, Nicholas Al. Mavrokordatos (1744–1818) and Smaragda Karatza. She had a brother, the fighter of the Greek Revolution of 1821 and later politician of the independent Greek state, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, and two sisters, Eleni and Efrosini (wife of Friedrich Eduard von Rheineck). Her uncle was the ruler (hospodar) of Wallachia, John Caradja.
Fleeing Constantinople during the Greek Revolution
When the Greek Revolution began and the Ottomans started persecutions against the Greeks of Constantinople, her house at Arnavutköy was attacked while her uncle, Georgios Mavrokordatos, was hanged. Later, in fear of being captured and ending up in a harem, she left her house and sought refuge with an English priest who helped her to escape. She came to Greece and specifically to Nafplio, where she was reunited with her brother, Alexandros.
Marriage and children
On 7 January 1826 she married in Nafplio the politician Spyridon Trikoupis.
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