Matei Vlădescu
Matei Vlădescu (February 2, 1835 – January 23, 1901) was a Wallachian-born Romanian soldier. Born in Târgoviște, Dâmbovița County,[1] he entered the Bucharest Military School for Officers in 1854, becoming a second lieutenant in 1856. He rose to lieutenant (1860), captain (1863), major (1866), lieutenant-colonel (1870), colonel (1873), brigadier general (1883), and major general (1893). A participant in the Romanian War of Independence, he commanded units on the front at Pleven and Vidin.[1][2] From November 1889 to February 1891, Vlădescu served as War Minister in the cabinet of Gheorghe Manu.[3] In 1892, he was named chief of staff to the royal household. He was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania.[1][2][dead link] Vlădescu died in Bucharest in 1901. He is buried in the cemetery of Viforâta Monastery, with a funerary monument sculpted by Carol Storck.[4][1] A street in Târgoviște is named after him.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cornel Mărculescu (March 6, 2020). "Generalul Matei Vlădescu (1835–1901) – eroul dâmbovițean în războiul de independență de la 1877–1878". Gazeta de Dâmbovița (in română). Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (in Romanian) Biografia ministrului at the Romanian Ministry of National Defence site [dead link]
- ↑ Dimitrie R. Rosetti, Dicționarul Contimporanilor, p. 194. Bucharest: Editura Lito-Tipografiei Populară, 1897
- ↑ (in Romanian) Alin Saidac, "Mănăstirea Viforâta", Revista Monumentelor Istorice, year LXXIX, nr. 1-2, 2010, p. 64
