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Alexander Ypsilantis (1792–1828)

Alexander Ypsilantis (1792–1828)
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Native name Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης
Romanian: Alexandru Ipsilanti
Russian: Александр Константинович Ипсиланти
Born December 12, 1792
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died January 31, 1828 (aged 35)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Allegiance
Years of service 1805–1821
Rank Major general
Battles/wars

Napoleonic Wars

Greek War of Independence


Napoleonic Wars

Greek War of Independence

Alexander Ypsilantis, Ypsilanti, or Alexandros Ypsilantis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης Alexandros Yipsilantis; Romanian: Alexandru Ipsilanti; Russian: Александр Константинович Ипсиланти Aleksandr Konstantinovich Ipsilanti; 12 December 1792 – 31 January 1828), was a member of a prominent Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and a leader of the Filiki Eteria, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. He should not be confused with his namesake grandfather, a Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia at the end of the 18th century.

The Ypsilantis family hailed from the Pontian population of Trabzon. He was born on 12 December 1792 in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, as the eldest of three brothers (the others being Nicholas and Demetrios). His father Constantine Ypsilantis and grandfather Alexander were active in the Ottoman administration and highly educated, each with their own share of service as a dragoman in the Sultan's court and as hospodars of the Danubian Principalities.


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