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5 unusual facts about Demetrios Ypsilantis


Demetrios Ypsilantis

A bust of Demetrios Ypsilanti stands between American and Greek flags at the base of the landmark Ypsilanti Water Tower.

Ypsilantis was the brother of Alexander Ypsilantis, a leader of Filiki Eteria.

East, The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859 - An Episode in Diplomatic History, Thirlwall Prize Essay for 1927, Cambridge University Press (1929).

The city of Ypsilanti, Michigan in the United States - founded in 1825, during the Greek struggle for independence - is named after him.

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He was one of the first officers of the 1st Battalion of the regular Greek army, which by order of the Demetrios Ypsilantis was organized in July 1821 in the town of Kalamata Peloponnese by born on Crete Corsican Joseph Balest.



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