Jacob Kyriakou

Jacob Kyriakou (14th April 1637- 3rd June 1706) was a Rhomanian general and Senator. He saw service in the Republican army for the entire Republican period, and was charged with the forward defence of Cyprus at the Cape of Cats on June 14th, 1683. Inadequate preparation and poorly equipped troops meant that Kyriakou was swiftly defeated and captured. He won the respect of the Imperialist commander, Christopher Andreou, by refusing to beg for mercy, and eventually became a senior millitary figure in the Restoration era, as Governor of Medruthis from 1687 until 1692. Elected to the Senate as a Progressive in 1695, he briefly rose to the position of Chancellor in the government of Nicephorus Zonaras, but died soon afterward.