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Alexandros Ypsilantis | |
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Native name | |
Born | 12 December 1792 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) |
Died | 31 January 1828 Vienna, Austrian Empire | (aged 35)
Buried | Taxiarches Church, Pedion tou Areos |
Allegiance | Russian Empire First Hellenic Republic |
Service | Imperial Russian Army
Filiki Etaireia |
Years of service | 1805–1821 |
Rank | Major General (Imperial Russian Army) |
Unit | Grodno Hussar Regiment |
Commands | Commander of the 1st Brigade of Hussars (1st Hussar Division) Leader of the Filiki Etaireia Leader of the Sacred Band |
Battles / wars | |
Relations | Alexandros Ypsilantis (grandfather) Konstantinos Ypsilantis (father) Demetrios Ypsilantis (brother) |
Other work | Aide-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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