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==Military career==

Constantine gained his fame during the Greek [[War of Independence]] ([[1821]]–[[1829]]). Unlike most other prominent figures of the War, he had never been initiated in the [[Filiki Eteria]] (Friendly Society). The Friendly Society, founded at [[September 14]], [[1814]] in [[Odessa]] by three traders, was mainly responsible for planning the revolution against the Ottoman Empire and recruiting supporters for it. Its founders being members of the [[Freemasonry]], they had adopted their methods of initiation, organising and assuring secrecy from it. By early [[1821]], it had gained enough support to declare a revolution. This declaration seems to have surprised Constantine, who was absent at Odessa. He returned to [[Psara]] in haste and was there when the island joined the Revolution on [[April 10]], [[1821]].