Alexander Ypsilantis

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Major General Alexandros Ypsilantis
Ypsilantis in Sacred Band's attire National Historical Museum of Greece.
Native name	Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης (Greek) Alexandru Ipsilanti (Romanian) Александр Константинович Ипсиланти (Russian)
Born	12 December 1792 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	31 January 1828 (1828-02-01) (aged 35) Vienna, Austrian Empire
Buried	Taxiarches Church, Pedion tou Areos
Allegiance	Russian Empire First Hellenic Republic
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Filiki Etaireia Greek Revolutionary Army Sacred Band
Years of service	1805–1821
Rank	Major General (Imperial Russian Army)
Unit	Grodno Hussar Regiment
Commands held	Commander of the 1st Brigade of Hussars (1st Hussar Division) Leader of the Filiki Etaireia Leader of the Sacred Band
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars French Invasion of Russia Battle of Klyastitsy First Battle of Polotsk War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Bautzen Battle of Dresden (WIA) Greek War of Independence Wallachian Uprising Battle of Dragashani
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 (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης, romanized: Aléxandros Ypsilántis, pronounced [aˈleksanðros ipsiˈla(n)dis]; Romanian: Alexandru Ipsilanti; Russian: Александр Константинович Ипсиланти, romanized: Aleksandr Konstantinovich Ipsilanti; 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.