Bey of Mani

The Bey of Mani (Greek: Μπέης της Μάνης), in Greek often referred to as the Prince of Mani (Ηγεμόνας της Μάνης), was the ruler of the Mani Peninsula, an autonomous region under the Ottoman Empire. The post was established after the suppression of the Orlov Revolt, when Mani's autonomy and privileges were recognized by the Sultan, and the peninsula placed under the supervision of the Kapudan Pasha. This situation lasted until the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, in which the then bey, Petrobey Mavromichalis, played a leading role.

List of beys

The bey was always drawn from one of the local magnate clans:^[1]

Name	Birth	Death	Clan	Place of origin	Tenure
Tzanetos Koutoufaris [el]			Koutoufaris family	Thalames	1776–1779
Michalbey Troupakis or Mourtzinos			Troupakis family [el]	Kardamyli	1779–1782
Tzanetbey Grigorakis	1742	1813	Grigorakis family [el]	Skoutari, Gytheion	1782–1798
Panagiotis Koumoundouros			Koumoundouros family	Doloi	1798–1803
Antonobey Grigorakis			Grigorakis family [el]	Skoutari, Gytheion	1803–1808
Konstantis Zervakos or Zervobey			Zervakis family	Karvelas	1808–1810
Theodorobey Grigorakis			Grigorakis family [el]	Marathonisi	1811–1815
Petrobey Mavromichalis	1765	1848	Mavromichalis family	Limeni, Oitylo	1815–1821

References

1. Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν Ηλίου, Vol. XII, p. 927