Editing Nikolaos Nikolopoulos

{{Infobox person
| name = Nikolaos Nikolopoulos
| image = Painting of Nikolaos Nikolopoulos when he was around 50 years old.png
| birth_date = 19 November 1717
| birth_place = [[Peloponnese]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date = 7 November 1822
| occupation = Merchant
| era = [[Early Foundation Era]]
| spouse = [[Despina Papadopoulou]]
| children = {{ubl|[[Martinos Nikolopoulos]]|[[Aikaterini Nikolopoulou]]|[[Georgios Nikolopoulos]]|[[Eleni Nikolopoulou]]|[[Dimitrios Nikolopoulos]]|[[Sophia Nikolopoulou]]|[[Panagiotis Nikolopoulos]]|[[Anastasia Nikolopoulou]]}}
| family = [[Paap family]]
}}

'''Nikolaos Nikolopoulos''' (19 November 1717 – 7 November 1822) was a Greek merchant from the [[Peloponnese]] and an early ancestor of the [[Paap family]]. He traded olive oil and wine under Ottoman rule before leaving the Peloponnese with his household around 1770 and settling in the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref name="early-household"/>

== Life in the Peloponnese ==

Nikolaos lived in the Ottoman-controlled Peloponnese and worked as a merchant. His trade concentrated on olive oil and wine.<ref name="early-household"/> He married [[Despina Papadopoulou]], who came from a church-associated Greek Orthodox household. Nikolaos was also Greek Orthodox.<ref name="early-household"/>

Nikolaos and Despina had eight children. Their eldest child was [[Martinos Nikolopoulos]]. Their other children were [[Aikaterini Nikolopoulou]], [[Georgios Nikolopoulos]], [[Eleni Nikolopoulou]], [[Dimitrios Nikolopoulos]], [[Sophia Nikolopoulou]], [[Panagiotis Nikolopoulos]] and [[Anastasia Nikolopoulou]].<ref name="early-household"/>

The family remained in the Peloponnese until the period surrounding the [[Orlov Revolt]]. Dimitrios was killed in 1768, while three of the younger children later died during the family's escape.<ref name="early-household"/>

== Migration to the Dutch Republic ==

Around 1770, Nikolaos and Despina fled the Peloponnese with Martinos, Aikaterini, Georgios and Eleni during the suppression of the Orlov Revolt. The surviving household eventually reached the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref name="migration"/>

Despina died from a heart attack shortly after their arrival, on 3 February 1771. Nikolaos remained in the Netherlands with the surviving members of the family.<ref name="migration"/>

== Later life and death ==

Nikolaos lived through the period in which his descendants began using Paap as a hereditary surname. The name had developed after Martinos recorded "Paap" in the ''[[Book of Paap]]'' and the same word later became associated with the family in Dutch usage.<ref name="surname"/>

Nikolaos died from natural causes on 7 November 1822 at the age of 104.<ref name="migration"/>

== See also ==
* [[Early history of the Paap family]]
* [[Paap family]]
* [[Paap family members]]
* [[Despina Papadopoulou]]
* [[Martinos Nikolopoulos]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="early-household">"[[Early history of the Paap family#Nikolopoulos household|Nikolopoulos household]]". ''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="surname">"[[Paap family#Adoption of the surname|Adoption of the surname]]". ''Paap family''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Paap family]]
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[[Category:1822 deaths]]
[[Category:Early Foundation Era]]