Editing Constantine Ypsilantis

{{Infobox royalty
|title               =
| name               =Constantine Ypsilantis
| image              =Konstantinos Ypsilantis.JPG
| caption            =
| succession         =[[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince of Moldavia]]
| reign1             =9 March 1799 – 4 July 1801
| predecessor1       =[[Alexandru Callimachi]]
| successor1         =[[Alexandros Soutzos]]
| succession2        =[[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince of Wallachia]]<br />''(1st reign)''
| reign2             =1 September 1802 – August 1806
| predecessor2       =[[Alexandros Soutzos]]
| successor2         =[[John Caradja]]
| succession3        =[[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince of Wallachia]]<br />''(2nd reign)''
| reign3             =27 December 1806 – 31 May 1807
| predecessor3       =[[Alexandros Soutzos]]
| successor3         =Russian occupation
| spouse             =Ralu Callimachi
| issue              =[[Alexander Ypsilantis]]<br>[[Demetrios Ypsilantis]]<br>Eleni Ypsilanti<br>Nikolaos Ypsilantis<br>Georgios Ypsilantis<br>Grigorios Ypsilantis<br>Ekaterini Ypsilanti<br>Maria Ypsilanti
| house              =
| house-type         =Dynasty
| father             =[[Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805)|Alexander Ypsilantis]]
| mother             =
| birth_date         =1760
| birth_place        =[[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]<br />(modern-day [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]])
| death_date         =24 June 1816
| death_place        =[[Kyiv]], [[Russian Empire]]<br />(modern-day [[Ukraine]])
| religion           =[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]
|}}

'''Constantine Ypsilantis''' ({{langx|el|Κωνσταντίνος  Υψηλάντης}} ''Konstantinos Ypsilantis''; {{langx|ro|Constantin Ipsilanti}}; 1760 &ndash; 24 June 1816) was the son of [[Alexander Ypsilanti (1725–1805)|Alexander Ypsilantis]], a key member of an important [[Phanariote]] family, [[Grand Dragoman of the Porte]] (1796–1799), [[hospodar]]<ref name=east178>East, ''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859'', p. 178.</ref> of Moldavia (1799–1802) and Walachia (1802–1806), and a Prince<ref name=east59>East, ''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859'', p. 59.</ref> through marriage to the daughter of Alexandru Callimachi.

==In Ottoman service==
Constantine Ypsilantis served as [[Grand Dragoman]] of the Ottoman government in 1796–1799,{{sfn|Philliou|2011|p=185}} in conjunction with his father's appointment as Prince of Moldavia.{{sfn|Stamatiadis|1865|pp=151–152}} He played a role in turning the Ottoman Empire against [[Revolutionary France]], culminating in its joining the [[Second Coalition]], and sponsored the occupation of the [[French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)|French-ruled]] [[Ionian Islands]] and the creation of the [[Septinsular Republic]].{{sfn|Stamatiadis|1865|pp=152–153}} In this post, he also translated three French military manuals for the reformed [[Nizam-i Djedid Army]] then being created  by Sultan [[Selim III]].{{sfn|Strauss|1995|pp=192–193}} 

==Resistance against the Ottoman Empire==
[[Image:ConstantinIpsilanti1805.png|thumb|right|180px|Ypsilantis Coat of Arms (1805)]]
Ypsilantis had joined in a conspiracy to liberate [[Ottoman Greece|Greece]] and, on its discovery, fled to [[Vienna]], had been pardoned by the sultan and in 1799 appointed by him [[hospodar]] of [[Moldavia]]. Deposed in 1805, he escaped to [[St Petersburg]], and in 1806, at the head of some 20,000 [[Russians]], returned to [[Bucharest]], where he set to work on a fresh attempt to liberate Greece.

==Union of Moldavia and Wallachia==
From 1806, during Russian occupation of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, Russia encouraged their provisional union under Prince Constantine Ypsilanti. Russia preferred their union for improved relations with the [[Danubian Principalities|Principalities]] and their formal union was planned for 1830.<ref name=east59 />

Ypsilantis' plans were ruined by the [[Peace of Tilsit]] and in 1807 he emigrated with his family to Russia.

==Legacy==
Ypsilantis died, in Kyiv, where he had served as commandant of the [[Pechersk Fortress]] since 1807. He left five sons, of whom two played a conspicuous part in the [[Greek War of Independence]]: [[Alexander Ypsilantis|Alexander]] and [[Demetrios Ypsilantis|Demetrios]].

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Sources==
*East, ''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859 - An Episode in Diplomatic History'', [[Thirlwall Prize]] Essay for 1927, Cambridge University Press (1929).
* {{cite book | last=Philliou | first=Christine M. | title=Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution | publisher=University of California Press | location=Berkeley, Los Angeles and London | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-520-26633-9 | url={{Google Books|gcRedRqbfmkC|plainurl=y}} }}
* {{cite book | last=Stamatiadis | first=Epameinondas | title=Βιογραφίαι τῶν Ἑλλήνων Μεγάλων Διερμηνέων τοῡ Ὀθωμανικοῡ Κράτους | trans-title=Biographies of the Greek Great Dragomans of the Ottoman State | location=Athens | language=el | year=1865 | publisher=K. Tefarikis | url=https://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/metadata/f/c/8/metadata-22-0000003.tkl}}
* {{cite journal | last = Strauss | first = Johann | title = The Millets and the Ottoman Language: The Contribution of Ottoman Greeks to Ottoman Letters (19th–20th Centuries) | journal = [[Die Welt des Islams]] | year = 1995 | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | pages = 189–249 | doi = 10.1163/1570060952597860 }}

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{{s-ttl|title=Grand Dragoman of the Porte|years=1796–1799}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexandros Soutzos]]}}
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| before=[[Alexandru Callimachi]]
| title=[[List of Moldavian rulers|Prince of Moldavia]]
| years=1799–1801
| after=[[Alexandros Soutzos]]
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| before=[[Alexandros Soutzos]]
| title=[[List of Wallachian rulers|Prince of Wallachia]]
| years=1802–1806
| after=''Russian occupation''
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