Demetrios Ypsilantis

Dimitrios Ypsilantis
Dimitrios Ypsilantis
Native name	Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης (Greek); Dumitru Ipsilanti (Romanian); Дмитрий Константинович Ипсиланти (Russian)
Born	1793; Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	16 August 1832; Nafplion, First Hellenic Republic
Allegiance	Russian Empire; First Hellenic Republic
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Filiki Etaireia; Greek Revolutionary Army; Hellenic Army
Years of service	1814–1832
Commands held	General of the First Hellenic Republic
Battles/wars	War of the Sixth Coalition; Greek War of Independence Wallachian uprising; Siege of Tripolitsa; Siege of Nauplia; Battle of Dervenakia; Battle of the Lerna Mills; Battle of Petra;
Relations	Alexandros Ypsilantis (grandfather); Constantine Ypsilantis (father); Alexandros Ypsilantis (brother); Manto Mavrogenous (mistress)
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Demetrios Ypsilantis (alternatively spelled Demetrius Ypsilanti; Greek: Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης, pronounced [ðiˈmitri.os ipsiˈla(n)dis]; Romanian: Dumitru Ipsilanti, Russian: Дмитрий Константинович Ипсиланти, romanized: Dmitriy Konstantinovich Ipsilanti; 1793 – 16 August 1832) was a Greek army officer who served in both the Hellenic Army and the Imperial Russian Army. Ypsilantis played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, leading several key battles. He was also member of the Filiki Eteria and the younger brother of Alexander Ypsilantis.

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