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Ypsilantis Υψηλάντης Ipsilanti | |
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Country | Byzantine Empire Empire of Trebizond Ottoman Empire Moldavia Wallachia Greece Romania |
Current region | Danubian Principalities |
Place of origin | Pontus, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) |
Founded | 1064 |
Titles | Prince of Wallachia Prince of Moldavia |
The House of Ypsilantis or Ypsilanti (Greek: Υψηλάντης; Romanian: Ipsilanti) was a Greek Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several short-reign hospodars to the Danubian Principalities.