Alexander Ypsilantis


Alexandros Ypsilantis
Native name
Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης (Greek)
Alexandru Ipsilanti (Romanian)
Александр Константинович Ипсиланти (Russian)
Born12 December 1792
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died31 January 1828 (1828-02-01) (aged 35)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Buried
Taxiarches Church, Pedion tou Areos
AllegianceRussia Russian Empire
Greece First Hellenic Republic
Service / branch Imperial Russian Army

Filiki Etaireia
Greek Revolutionary Army

Years of service1805–1821
RankMajor General (Imperial Russian Army)
UnitGrodno Hussar Regiment
CommandsCommander of the 1st Brigade of Hussars (1st Hussar Division)
Leader of the Filiki Etaireia
Leader of the Sacred Band
Battles / wars
RelationsAlexandros Ypsilantis (grandfather)
Konstantinos Ypsilantis (father)
Demetrios Ypsilantis (brother)
Other workAide-de-camp of Tsar Alexander I
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Alexandros Ypsilantis[a](12 December 1792 – 31 January 1828) was a Greek nationalist politician who was 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 Etaireia, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
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