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independence had just broken out. He was one of the most conspicuous of the Phanariot leaders during the earlier stages of the revolt, though he was much hampered by the See also:

LOCAL

local chiefs and by the civilian See also:

ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element headed by See also:

MAVROCORDATO, MAVROCORDAT

Mavrocordato. In See also:

JANUARY

January 1822 he was elected See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the legislative See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly; but the See also:

ill-success of his campaign in central See also:

GREECE

Greece, and his failure to obtain a commanding position in the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

convention of Astros, led to his retirement See also:

early in 1823. In 1828 he was appointed by See also:

CAPO

Capo d'See also:

ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the troops in See also:

East Hellas. He succeeded, on the 25th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1829, in forcing the See also:

TURKISH

Turkish commander Asian See also:

BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

Bey to sign a See also:

CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation at the Pass of See also:

PETRA (r)

Petra, which ended the active operations of the war. He died at See also:

Vienna on the 3rd of January 1832. See also:

Gregory Ypsilanti (d. 1835), third son of Prince Constantine, founded a princely See also:

FAMILY

family still settled near See also:

BRUNN (Czech Brno)

Brunn. See also:

Nicholas Ypsilanti wrote Memoires valuable as giving material for the antecedents of the insurrection of 182o and the See also:

PART

part taken in them by See also:

Alexander I. of See also:

Russia. They were published at See also:

Athens in 1901. See the See also:

WORKS

works cited in the bibliography of the See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article GREEK INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF, especially the Aosluov laropuKOP of J. See also:

Philemon.

End of Article: DEMETRIOS YPSILANTI (1793—1832)

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