Demetrios Ypsilantis Military person

Demetrios Ypsilantis (also spelt using Dimitrios, Demetrius and/or Ypsilanti; Greek: Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης; Romanian: Dumitru Ipsilanti; 1793 – August 16, 1832) was a dragoman of the Ottoman Empire, served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army in Moldavia and was appointed as modern Greece's first Field Marshal by Ioannis Kapodistrias, a hero of the Greek War of Independence. Ypsilantis was the brother of Alexander Ypsilantis, a leader of Filiki Eteria.

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Demetrios Ypsilantis
Alias (AKA)Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης (Greek); Dumitru Ipsilanti (Romanian)
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1793
Birth place
Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
Date of deathAugust 16, 1832
Place of death
First Hellenic Republic , Nafplio

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allegiance
Russia
Greece
military operations
Greek War of Independence
Battle of Petra
military commandMoldavia and eastern Greece
service start1814
service end1832

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