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	'''Markos Botsaris''' ({{lang-el\|Μάρκος Μπότσαρης}}, {{lang-sq\|Marko Boçari}}) (c. 1788 – 21 August 1823) was a leader of the ] and a hero of the ].

	==Early life==
	Botsaris was born into one of the leading clans of the ], in ]<ref name=Fleming> Katherine Elizabeth Fleming. . Princeton University Press, 1999. ISBN 9780691001944, p. 99"The Souliotes, a Greek-speaking tribe of Albanian origin... Ali had tried off and over..."</ref>. He was the second son of captain ], who was murdered in ] in 1809 by order of ]. The Botsaris clan came from the village of Dragani (today Ambelia), near ].

	==Greek War of Independence==
	In 1803, after the capture of Souli by Ali Pasha, Botsaris with the remnants of the ], crossed over to the ], where he ultimately took service in a ] regiment. In 1814, he joined the Greek patriotic society known as the ], and in 1820, with other Souliots, made common cause with the Greeks against the ]. On the outbreak of the Greek revolt, he distinguished himself by his courage, tenacity and skill as a partisan leader in the fighting in western Greece, and was conspicuous in the defence of ] during the first siege (1822-1823). On the night of 21 August 1823 he led the celebrated attack at ] of 350 ] on around 1000 Ottomans who formed the vanguard of the army with which Mustai Pasha was advancing to reinforce the besiegers. Botsaris managed to take Mustai Pasha as a prisoner during the raid but he was shot in the head - most probably by ], a Catholic Mirdite mercenary - while leaving the encampment.

	Markos's brother Kostas (Constantine) Botsaris, who fought at Karpenisi and completed the victory, lived to become a respected Greek general and parliamentarian in the Greek kingdom. He died at ] on the 13 November 1853. Markos's son, Dimitrios Botsaris, born in 1813, was three times minister of war during the reigns of ] and ]. He died at Athens on 17 August 1870. His daughter, ], was in the service of ].

	==Legacy==
	Many ] visiting Greece admired Botsaris' courage and numerous poets wrote poems about him. American poet ] wrote a poem entitled ''Marco Bozzaris'',<ref> </ref> ] also wrote an award-winning poem for him, in 1825. His memory is still celebrated in popular ballads in Greece.
	Botsaris is also the author of a Greek-Albanian lexikon written in Corfu in 1809, at the instance of François Pouqueville, the French consul in Ioannina. The dictionary is of importance for our knowledge of the Suliot dialect.<ref> JOCHALAS, Titos, ''To ellino-alvanikon lexikon tou Markou Botzari'', Athens 1980.</ref>

	Botsaris was depicted on the ] of the Greek 50 ] coin of 1976-2001.<ref>. Drachma Banknotes & Coins: . – Retrieved on 27 March 2009.</ref> He often adorns posters in Greek classrooms as a member of the Greek pantheon of national heroes. His family became key figures of the Greek political establishment.

	==Gallery==
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	Image:Markos Botsaris oil painting on canvas - (by Jean-Léon Gérôme - 1874).JPG\|An oil painting on canvas of Markos Botsaris by ], 1874.
	Image:Tomb Of Markos Botsaris.jpg\|Tomb of Markos Botsaris, monument created by French sculptor ], ], Greece.
	Image:Ludovico lipparini.jpg\|''The death of Markos Botsaris''. Painting by ], Civico Museo Sartorio, ], Italy.
	</gallery>

	==References==
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	==Sources==
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