COMMANDER // 1792–1828
Alexandros Ypsilantis
major generalGreece1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1792 – 1828
Active service 1821 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 29.
Profile
Alexandros Ypsilantis 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.
Battles (1)
1821
Battle of DragashaniGreek War of Independence · Sacred Band