Dimitrios Karatasos

Dimitrios Karatasos
Dimitrios Karatasos c. 1854
Native name
Δημήτριος Καρατάσος
Nickname(s)Yero-Tsamis
(Γέρo-Τσάμης)
Yero-Karatasos
(Γέρo-Καρατάσος)
Bornc. 1798
Dichalevri, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Diedc. 1861
Belgrade, Principality of Serbia
Allegiance
Service / branch Greek Revolutionary Army
Battles / warsGreek War of Independence
1854 Macedonian rebellion
RelationsAnastasios Karatasos (father)
Other workAide de Camp to King Otto

Dimitrios Karatasos (Greek: Δημήτριος Καρατάσος, 1798–1861), known as Yero-Tsamis (Greek: Γέρo-Τσάμης) or Yero-Karatasos (Greek: Γέρo-Καρατάσος), was a Greek chieftain who participated in the Greek War of Independence and several other rebellions, seeking to liberate his native Greek Macedonia.