See also:

• YPSILANTI
• YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI

YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI  , the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of Phanariot Greeks claiming descent from the Comneni . See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• YPSILANTI
• YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI

YPSILANTI (1725—1805) was dragoman of the See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte, and from 1774 to 1782 See also:

• HOSPODAR

hospodar of Wallachia, during which See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up a See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code for the principality . He was again appointed . hospodar just before the outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in 1790 . He allowed himself to be taken prisoner by the Austrians, and was interned at Briinn till 1792 . Returning to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under the suspicion of the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan and was executed in 1805 . His son See also:

• CONSTANTINE

CONSTANTINE (d . 1816), who had joined in a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to liberate See also:

• GREECE

Greece and, on its See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, fled to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, had been pardoned by the sultan and in 1799 appointed by him hospodar of See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia . Deposed in 1805, he escaped to St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, and in 18o6, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of some 20,000 Russians, returned to See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest, where he set to See also:

• WORK

work on a fresh See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to liberate Greece . His plans were ruined by the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit; he retired to Russia, and died at See also:

• KIEV
• KIEV, KIEFF, or KIYEFF

Kiev . He See also:

• LEFT

left five sons, of whom two played a conspicuous See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek war of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence .