Petros Manos

Petros Manos

Personal information
Born	(1871-04-07)7 April 1871 Athens, Greece
Died	4 April 1918(1918-04-04) (aged 46) Switzerland
Spouses	Maria Argyropoulos Sofia Tombazis
Children	Aspasia, Queen of Greece Roxanne Manos Ralou Manos
Sport
Sport	Fencing

Petros Manos (Greek: Πέτρος Μάνος 7 April 1871 – 4 April 1918) was a Colonel in Greek army.

Ancestry

By birth, he was member of prominent Phanariote Manos family. He was son of Colonel Thrasyboulos Manos (1835-1922) and Roxane Mavromichalis (1848-1905), member of the distinguished Mavromichalis family.

First marriage

From his first marriage with Maria Argyropoulos (1874-1930), Petros is father of Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark (1896-1972) who married King Alexander of Greece (1893-1920) and had child who was Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1921-1993), who later married King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923-1970) and also had one child Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945). From this marriage he also had one daughter, Roxanne (born 28 February 1898.), who became wife of an athlete and later industrialist Christos Zalokostas (1894–1975).

Second marriage

After divorcing his first wife, he contracted second marriage with Sophie Tombazis, daughter of Alexandros Tombazis (son of Georgios Tombazis and Princess Eufrosina Mavrocordato) and his cousin Princess Maria Mavrocordato. His second wife Sophie was direct patrilineal descendant of Iakovos Tombazis (1782-1829), who was first Admiral of the Greek Navy during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. With her he had one daughter Rallou (born in 1915), who was a choreographer, modern dancer and dance teacher.

Olympic games

He was also a professional fencer. As a member of Greek Olympic team he competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden.