Konstantinos Zappas

[1][2] Zappas was born in 1814 in the village of Labova e Madhe, between Gjirokastër and Tepelenë (modern Albania), then in the Ottoman Empire.

[5][6][7][8][9] After the death of Evangelis Zappas, he became the executor of his cousin's legacy and the ongoing revival of the Olympic Games.

A number of Greek schools and educational facilities were built with his personal financial support including the female schools in Constantinople,[10] in his hometown Labovë, as well as in a number of towns in Epirus (Tepelene, Delvine) and Thessaly.

Many students benefited from his scholarship for post-graduate studies in Western Europe (mostly in the scientific field of agriculture).

After his death, the Romanian government seized all of his assets and capital that were still in Romania causing a noted international law case at that time;[11] his cousin, Evangelis Zappas, was often incorrectly cited as his brother.