The Ypsilantis (Υψηλάντης; Ipsilanti) were a Greek Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several short-reign hospodars to the Danubian Principalities. The family was originally from the southern coast of Black Sea. Since the end of the Ottoman Empire, ...
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Noble Greek family that rose to power in Constantinople during the 18th and 19th centuries, and who became leaders of the cause of Greek nationalism. They were one of a small elite of 11 Greek...
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