Bey of Mani

The Bey of Mani () was the title given to the ruler of the Mani Peninsula in Peloponnese under the Ottoman Empire, from the late 17th through the early 19th centuries. The Mani was a semi-autonomous region with a history of unrest and resistance to Ottoman rule.

The term bey was a Turkish honorific title. The Ottomans would typically choose a local Maniot Greek from a leading clan as Bey of Mani. The bey was to govern Mani as a vassal state within Ottoman Greece, subject to the approval of the Sublime Porte.

The first Bey of Mani was the Maniot Limberakis Gerakaris, installed c. 1669. The last Bey of Mani was Petros Mavromichalis, also known as "Petrobey". Mavromichalis would become a significant figure in the Greek War of Independence which began in 1821.

In Greek, the title was often rendered as Hegemon or Prince of Mani ().

List of beys The bey was always drawn from one of the local magnate clans:Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν Ηλίου, Vol. XII, p. 927

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

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