Romania's Lost Prince: The Man Who Fought Napoleon
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While the world remembers Napoleon’s grand campaigns across Europe, a lesser-known Romanian prince was fighting a parallel war on the eastern flank. This episode explores the life and military career of Alexander Ypsilantis, the Phanariot ruler who took up arms against Tsarist Russia in 1821. We trace his journey from the courts of Constantinople to the banks of the Prut River, detailing the Ionian Revolt and the disastrous attempt to spark a pan-Orthodox uprising. Through the eyes of Ypsilantis, we examine the fragile position of Wallachia between Ottoman suzerainty and Russian expansionism, and how his defeat at Dragășani reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the Balkans for decades to come.
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