Constantine Ypsilantis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Υψηλάντης ''Konstantinos Ypsilantis''; ro, Constantin Ipsilanti; 1760 – 24 June 1816), was the son of Alexander Ypsilantis, a key member of an important Phanariote family, Grand Dragoman of the Porte (1796–99), hospodarEast, ''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859'', p. 178. of Moldavia (1799–1802) and Walachia (1802–06), and a PrinceEast, ''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859'', p. 59. through marriage to the daughter of Alexandru Callimachi.

Resistance against the Ottoman Empire

Ypsilantis had joined in a conspiracy to liberate

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and, on its discovery, fled to

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, had been pardoned by the sultan and in 1799 appointed by him hospodar of

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. Deposed in 1805, he escaped to St Petersburg, and in 1806, at the head of some 20,000

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, returned to

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, where he set to work on a fresh attempt to liberate Greece.

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

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: Alexander and Demetrios.

References

Sources

*East, ''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859 - An Episode in Diplomatic History'',

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