Federal Republic of Rumelia
Federal Republic of Rumelia Ομοσπονδιακή Δημοκρατία της Ρωμυλίας Omospondiakí Dimokratía tis Romylía | |
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| Motto: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος Eleftheria i thanatos "Freedom or Death" | |
| Anthem: O Thourios tou Riga | |
| Capital | Tigani (de facto) |
| Largest city | Athens |
| Official languages | Greek Latin (de jure) |
| Recognised regional languages | Romanian |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox Church |
| Demonym(s) | Rumelian |
| Government | Confederal directorial provisional proto-state and military alliance |
• Consuls (1827-1839) | Lykourgos Logothetis and Ahmed Karamanides (first) |
• Emperor (1839-1908) | Lycurgus I (first) Constantine Augustus III (last) |
• Logothete-President (1839-1908) | Micheal Doukas (first) Andrei Vasilov |
| Legislature | Senate (Synklētos) |
The Federal Republic of Rumelia (Greek: Ομοσπονδιακή Δημοκρατία της Ρωμυλίας, romanised Omospondiakí Dimokratía tis Romylía), commonly known as Rumelia (Greek: Ρωμυλία, romanised Romylía) was a proto-state that existed for five years during the Greek War of Independence and the Wallachian Uprising, from 1822 to 1827. It effectively existed a loose confederation of various anti-Ottoman groups and states, such as the Danubian Principalities under the leadership of Tudor Vladimirescu and Prince Michael Soutzos, the Republic of Theodoro, led by Consul Ahmed Karamanides, the Military-Political System of Samos, led by Lykourgos Logothetis, and various Continental Greek revolutionary entities, eventually consolidated into the First Hellenic Republic.