Editing Aikaterini Nikolopoulou

{{Infobox person
| name = Aikaterini Nikolopoulou
| birth_date = 2 December 1747
| birth_place = [[Peloponnese]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date = 14 August 1845
| death_place = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| era = [[Early Foundation Era]]
| spouse = [[Pieter Kromhout]]
| children = {{ubl|Geertruida Kromhout|Margaretha Kromhout}}
| father = [[Nikolaos Nikolopoulos]]
| mother = [[Despina Papadopoulou]]
| family = [[Paap family]]
}}

'''Aikaterini Nikolopoulou''' (2 December 1747 – 14 August 1845) was a Greek-born member of the [[Paap family]] who settled in the Netherlands after leaving the [[Peloponnese]] with her family in 1770. She later married Dutch timber merchant [[Pieter Kromhout]], converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism and established her household in [[Rotterdam]].<ref name="early-history"/>

== Early life ==

Aikaterini was born in the Ottoman-controlled Peloponnese to merchant [[Nikolaos Nikolopoulos]] and [[Despina Papadopoulou]]. She was raised in the family's Greek Orthodox household.<ref name="nikolaos"/>

In 1770, she left the Peloponnese with her parents and surviving siblings during the suppression of the [[Orlov Revolt]]. The family eventually reached the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref name="migration"/>

== Marriage and later life ==

Aikaterini married [[Pieter Kromhout]] in [[Zaandam]] on 18 May 1773. Kromhout was a Dutch Protestant who supplied timber to shipyards. Aikaterini converted to Protestantism after their marriage.

They had two daughters, Geertruida Kromhout and Margaretha Kromhout. In 1782, the family moved to [[Rotterdam]], where Pieter continued working in the timber trade.

Aikaterini remained in Rotterdam for the rest of her life. She died there on 14 August 1845 at the age of 97.

== See also ==
* [[Early history of the Paap family]]
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Paap family members]]
* [[Nikolaos Nikolopoulos]]
* [[Georgios Nikolopoulos]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="early-history">"[[Early history of the Paap family#Early branches|Early branches]]". ''Early history of the Paap family''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="migration">"[[Early history of the Paap family#Migration to the Dutch Republic|Migration to the Dutch Republic]]". ''Early history of the Paap family''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="nikolaos">"[[Nikolaos Nikolopoulos#Life in the Peloponnese|Life in the Peloponnese]]". ''Nikolaos Nikolopoulos''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
}}

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