His father was the notable Sotiris Notaras and his mother, Mary, was a sister of Andreas Zaimis.

[1][2] He had received basic education and at the beginning of the Greek Revolution, although young, he created his own military force composed of men from the Peloponnese and from Roumeli.

As a result, he was persecuted by Yannis Gouras and abandoned by his men from Roumeli, who were unhappy because they were not paid well.

In late January 1827 as the head of 1200 soldiers, he proceeded to Attica, where under the leadership of Georgios Karaiskakis and the British philhellene Thomas Gordon, he took part in the battles against the army of Mehmed Reshid Pasha, including the Battle of Kastella[2] with Yannis Makriyannis and Dimitrios Kallergis.

[3] He was killed during the disastrous defeat of the revolutionary forces Battle of Phaleron on 24 April 1827.