Spyridon Georgios Theotokis
Head of State of the Septinsular Republic
In office
1799–1800
Succeeded byAntonios Komoutos
President of the Ionian Senate
In office
1800–1803
Succeeded byAntonios Komoutos
Personal details
Born1722
Corfu, Venetian Ionian Islands
Died1803
Corfu, Septinsular Republic
NationalityGreek
OccupationPolitician, Scholar

Count Spyridon Georgios Theotokis (1722 – 1803), (Greek: Σπυρίδων Γεώργιος Θεοτόκης, Italian: Spiridione Giorgio Teotochi), was a Greek politician and scholar who served as President of the Ionian Senate and head of state of the Septinsular Republic with the title of prince.[1][2][3]

Life and career

He was born in Venetian ruled Corfu in 1722 and belonged to the Theotokis family.[3][4] During the French occupation of Corfu, he was appointed as the president of the provisional municipality.[5][2] When the French left Corfu in 1799 it was dissolved and Theotokis was appointed president of the Central Administration where he sought democratic reforms.[2]

In 1800 Theotokis was elected the president of the Ionian Senate with the title of prince.[5] Theotokis was committed to improving the judicial system of the Septinsular Republic. He was also a published author, writing treatises and poems in Italian and Latin. Theotokis died on 24 November 1803.[6][1] Following his death, Antonios Komoutos from Zakynthos was elected president of the Senate and head of state of the Septinsular Republic.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Hirst, Anthony; Sammon, Patrick (2014-06-26). The Ionian Islands: Aspects of their History and Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4438-6278-3.
  2. 1 2 3 Woodhouse, Christopher Montague (1973). Capodistria: the Founder of Greek Independence. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-19-211196-8. The seven Grand Councils — a relic of the Venetian system which had been abolished by the French — then proceeded to elect delegates to form a central government at Corfu , called the Senate , whose President , Spyridon Theotokis, was nominated as Head of State.
  3. 1 2 Pine, Richard (2014-06-02). The Disappointed Bridge: Ireland and the Post-Colonial World. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-4438-6098-7.
  4. ↑ Historika (in Greek). Eleutherotypia. 2000. p. 33.
  5. 1 2 Merlier, Octave (1973). Greece. Nagel Publishers. p. 107. Spiridon , George ( 1722-1803 ) . Director of municipal administration during French occupation. President of Ionian Senate in 1800. Prince of the Ionian state.
  6. ↑ Koukkou, Helenē E. (2001). Ioannis A. Kapodistrias, the European Diplomat and Statesman of the 19th Century ; Roxandra S. Stourdza, a Famous Woman of Her Time: A Historical Biography. Society for the Study of Greek History. p. 60. ISBN 978-960-8172-06-7. When the President of the Septinsular Senate Sp. Theotokis died on 24 November 1803, Kapodistrias basically took over the government as Secretary of State.
  7. ↑ Barozzi, Aloisius (1968). Coins and Medals of the Ionian Islands: Coins Issued Under Venetian Rule Ca. 1730-1797. Coins and Medals of the Republic of the Ionian Islands 1801-1807. Coins and Medals Issued Under the Provisional Occupation by Britain 1809-1815. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-90-6032-311-3.
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