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'''Dimitrios Kallergis''' ({{lang-el|Δημήτριος Καλλέργης}}, 1803-1867), was a [[Crete|Cretan]]-born [[Greece|Greek]] soldier and statesman.
Hailing from the distinguished Cretan Kallergis family, he studied medicine at [[Paris]] and on the outbreak of the [[War of Greek Independence]] went to the [[Morea]] and joined the insurgents. He fought under [[Georgios Karaiskakis]], was taken prisoner by the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] before [[Athens]] and mulcted of an ear; later he acted as ''[[aide de camp]]'' to the [[France|French]] philhellene [[Charles Nicolas Fabvier|Colonel Fabvier]] and to [[John Capodistria|Count Capo d'Istria]], Governor of Greece.
In 1832 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel. In 1843, as commander of a [[cavalry]] division, he was the prime mover in the [[3 September 1843 Revolution|3 September Revolution]], which forced [[Otto of Greece|King Otto]] to dismiss his [[Bavaria]]n ministers and grant a [[constitution]]. He was appointed military commandant of Athens and ''aide de camp'' to the king, but after the fall of the [[Alexandros Mavrokordatos]] ministry in 1845 was forced to go into exile, and spent several years in [[London]], where he became an intimate of [[Louis Napoleon|Prince Louis Napoleon]].
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