Alexios Alexis (1692-1786) was a soldier from Lassithi Plateau on the island of Crete. He played a major role in the Cretan wars for independence. His father was the nobleman Misser Alexis (1637 - ? ). Alexios led a large and eminent family and some of his descendents reached high ranks in Greece and abroad, including Nicholas Alexios Alexis, Antonios Papadakis, Ismail Selim Pasha and the Army General Ioannis Sotiris Alexakis.