Greek civil wars of 1824–1825

Greek civil wars of 1824–1825
Part of the Greek War of Independence
Date autumn 1823 – June 1824 Location Peloponnese Result Agreement between the two factions, partial victory of the Government
Belligerents
Primates and supporters of the Government	Military leaders and supporters of Philiki Etaireia
Commanders and leaders
Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Andreas Londos	Theodoros Kolokotronis

Greek civil wars of 1824–1825
Part of the Greek War of Independence
Date October 1824 – February 1825 Location Peloponnese Result Victory of Roumeliotes and Islanders, imprisoment of Kolokotronis
Belligerents
Roumeliotes and Islanders (Hydra)	Moreotes
Commanders and leaders
Georgios Kountouriotis, Ioannis Kolettis	Theodoros Kolokotronis, Andreas Londos, Kanellos Deligiannis

The Greek War of Independence was marked by two civil wars, which took place in 1824–1825. The conflict had both political and regional dimensions, as it pitted the Roumeliotes (the people of Continental Greece) and the Islanders (the shipowners, especially from Hydra island), against the Peloponnesians or Moreotes. It divided the young nation, and seriously weakened the military preparedness of the Greek forces in the face of the oncoming Egyptian intervention in the conflict.

By the end of March 1821, the Peloponnese was in open revolt against the Turks and by October 1821 the Greeks under Theodoros Kolokotronis had already captured Kalamata and Tripolitsa. After the fall of Kalamata, the Messenian Senate, the first of the Greeks' local governing councils, held its inaugural session. At almost the same time, the Achean Directorate was summoned in Patras. With the initiative of the Messenian Senate, a Peloponnesian assembly convened, and elected on May 26 a Senate. Assemblies convened also in Central Greece (November 1821) under the leadership of two Phanariots: Alexandros Mavrokordatos in the western part, and Theodoros Negris in the eastern part. These assemblies adopted two local statutes, the Charter of Western Continental Greece and the Legal Order of Eastern Continental Greece. The statutes provided for the creation of two local administrative organs in Central Greece, an Areopagus in the east, and a Senate in the west. The three local statutes were recognized by the First National Assembly, but were later dissolved by the Second National Assembly.

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