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Alexander Ypsilantis
Alexander Ypsilantis
,
Ypsilanti
, or
Alexandros Ypsilantis
(; ; ; 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.
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