Colonel Constantin Denis Bourbaki (Greek: Διονύσιος Βούρβαχης,
Dionysios Vourvachis), (1787 – February 8, 1827) was a Greek
officer educated in France, and serving in the French military.
He fought in the last phases of the Napoleonic Wars, and after
1825, joined the Greek War of Independence. He was killed in
1827 following his defeat at the Battle of Kamatero. He is the
father of French General Charles Denis Bourbaki. Bourbaki was
born on the island of Cefalonia in 1787. He was the son of
Konstantinos-Sotirios Vourvachis, a Greek of Cretan extraction
who was forced to relocate to Cephallonia. Thanks to his
father's influence with Napoleon, he was able to join the
military academy at Fontainebleau (which was later relocated to
St Cyr). He graduated from the academy in 1804. Career prior to
the Greek War of Independence Following his graduation, he took
part in several conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars, and was
appointed aide-de-camp to Joseph Bonaparte, who had been
appointed King of Spain by Napoleon. Howeve