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Greek War Of Independence (1821-1829)
Aleksandros Ipsilandis (1792-1828)
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Aleksandros Ipsilandis {Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης} (1792-1828) [Flags] [Athanasios Tsakalof] [Emmanouil Ksanthos] [Georgakis Olimbios]. Colonel and Adjutant to Царь Александр I Павлович Романов [Russian Alphabet] (1777-1825, Czar Aleksandr I Pavlovich Romanov, of Russia). Ipsilandis had risen so high in the Russian army because he was brave and had distinguished himself in Russia's wars against Napoleon [People], losing his right arm in the battle of Dresden in 1813.
Being a Prince, he was also highly regarded in Greece and in the Principalities (Hegemonies). His grandfather served as interpreter for the Sublime Porte (the Sultan and his administration) and the Governor of Vlachia, and his father was Governor of Moldavia. Ipsilandis accepted leadership of the Society Of Friends [The Society] (June 1820) and set to work with great zeal to achieve its sacred goals.
On February 22nd, 1821, he crossed the River Prut and entered Iasi, the capital of Moldavia, with 200 followers. When he arrived in Bucharest he was disappointed to learn that: first, the Czar had struck him off his roll of Officers and had allowed Sultan Mahmud II (1785-1839) to send an army to the Principalities; second, the Sublime Porte had compelled the Ecumenical Patriarch [People] to excommunicate both him and Soutsos {Σούτσος}; and third, that three Ottoman regiments were marching against him. He therefore started to withdraw towards Austria but the Ottomans caught up with him at Dragatsani {Δραγατσάνι}.
Ipsilandis eventually managed to reach Austria where he was arrested and put in prison because at that time Austria and the Ottomans were allies. He was freed in 1827 following intervention by the Czar of Russia, but died a year later as a result of hardships he had suffered in prison.
Aleksandros Ipsilandis (1792-1828)
04-23-2004