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Constantine Ypsilantis

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Nationality
  
Moldavian

Spouse(s)
  
Ralu Callimachi

Titles
  
Prince

Religion
  
Orthodox Christian

Successor
  

Known for
  
Prince of Moldavia

Parents
  
Alexander Ypsilantis

Ethnicity
  
Greek

Name
  
Constantine Ypsilantis

Predecessor
  
Alexandru Callimachi

Constantine Ypsilantis

Full Name
  
Constantine Ypsilantis

Term
  
1799–1801 and 1802–1806

Role
  
Alexander Ypsilantis' father

Died
  
June 24, 1816, Kiev, Ukraine

Children
  
Alexander Ypsilantis, Demetrios Ypsilantis

Constantine Ypsilantis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Υψηλάντης Konstantinos Ypsilantis; Romanian: Constantin Ipsilanti; 1760–1816), was the son of Alexander Ypsilanti, a key member of an important Phanariote family, Grand Dragoman of the Porte (1796–99), hospodar of Moldavia (1799–1802) and Walachia (1802–06), and a Prince through marriage to the daughter of Alexandru Callimachi.

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The Liberation of Greece from the Ottoman Empire

Ypsilantis had joined in a conspiracy to liberate Greece and, on its discovery, fled to Vienna, had been pardoned by the sultan and in 1799 appointed by him hospodar of Moldavia. Deposed in 1805, he escaped to St Petersburg, and in 1806, at the head of some 20,000 Russians, returned to Bucharest, where he set to work on a fresh attempt to liberate Greece.

The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia

From 1806, during Russian occupation of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, Russia encouraged their provisional union under Prince Constantine Ypsilanti. Russia preferred their union for improved relations with the Principalities and their formal union was planned for 1830.

Ypsilantis' plans were ruined by the peace of Tilsit and in 1807 he emigrated with his family to Russia.

Legacy

Ypsilantis died, in Kiev, where he had served as commandant of the Pechersk Fortress since 1807. He left five sons, of whom two played a conspicuous part in the Greek War of Independence: Alexander and Demetrios.

References

Constantine Ypsilantis Wikipedia


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