Alexander Ypsilantis
Military Person
1792 – 1828
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Who was Alexander Ypsilantis?
Alexander Ypsilantis, Ypsilanti, or Alexandros Ypsilantis 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.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1792
Constantinople - Also known as
- Alexander Ypsilanti
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Lived in
- Istanbul
- Died
- Jan 31, 1828
Vienna - Resting place
- St. Marx Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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