Vasos Mavrovouniotis

Vasos Mavrovouniotis
Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης
Oil painting by Nikiforos Lytras
Native name
Васо Брајoвић
Birth nameVaso Brajović
Born1797[1]
Mojdež, Republic of Venice or Bjelopavlići
(both in present-day Montenegro)
Died9 June 1847(1847-06-09) (aged 49–50)
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance First Hellenic Republic
Greece Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch Greek Revolutionary Army
 Hellenic Army
Battles / warsGreek War of Independence
Spouse(s)Eleni Vassou
ChildrenTimoleon Vassos
Alexandros Vassos
Other workMember of the Privy Council
Adjutant to King Otto

Vasos Mavrovouniotis (Greek: Βάσος Μαυροβουνιώτης, literally "Vasos the Montenegrin"; 1797 – 9 June 1847), born as Vaso Brajović (Serbian: Васо Брајoвић), was a Montenegrin general who played a significant role in the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821.


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