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==Early life==
Bouboulina was born in a prison in [[Constantinople]]; she originated from the [[Albanian|Albanians]]
Bouboulina was born in a prison in [[Constantinople]]; she originated from the [[Arvanite]] community of island of [[Hydra Island|Hydra]].<ref>Telos. By State University of New York at Buffalo. Graduate Philosophy Association. Published by Teresa & Patrick Nielsen Hayden, 1989. Item notes: nos. 78-81. Original from the University of California. Digitized Jul 13, 2007</ref><ref>Eurydice Street: a place in Athens. By Sofka Zinovieff. Edition: illustrated. Published by Granta Books, 2004. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Jun 24, 2008. 276 pages</ref><ref>Byzantine and modern Greek studies. By IngentaConnect (Online service). Published by B. Blackwell., 1985. Item notes: v. 9-11. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Jun 24, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Zinovieff|first=Sofka|title=Eurydice Street: a place in Athens|url=http://books.google.com/books?ct=result&id=hlZoAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bouboulina+%2B+Albanian&q=Nobody+mentions+the+importance+of+Albanian+culture+in+Greek+history+or+that+many+of+the+heroes+of+the+Greek+revolution+were+Albanian+-+Botsaris,+Bouboulina#search_anchor|year=2004|publisher=Granta Books|page=190}}</ref> She was the daughter of Stavrianos Pinotsis, a captain from Hydra island, and his wife Skevo. The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] had imprisoned Pinotsis for his part in the failed [[Orlof Revolution]] of 1769–1770 against the Ottoman rule. Her father died soon afterward and the mother and child returned to Hydra. They moved to the island of [[Spetses]] four years later when her mother married Dimitrios Lazarou-Orlof. Bouboulina had eight half-siblings.
She married twice, first Dimitrios Yiannouzas and later the wealthy shipowner and captain Dimitrios Bouboulis, taking his surname. Bouboulis was killed in battle against [[Algeria]]n [[pirate]]s in 1811. Now 40 years old, Bouboulina took over his fortune and his trading business and had four more ships built at her own expense, including the large warship ''Agamemnon''.
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