Matei Vlădescu

Matei Vlădescu (February 2, 1835–January 23, 1901) was a Wallachian-born Romanian soldier.

Born in Dâmbovița County, he entered the Bucharest military school 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 division general (1893). A participant in the Romanian War of Independence, he commanded units on the front at Pleven and Vidin.[1]

From November 1889 to February 1891, Vlădescu served as War Minister in the cabinet of Gheorghe Manu.[2] In 1892, he was named chief of staff to the royal household. He was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania.[1] Vlădescu is buried in the cemetery of Viforâta Monastery, with a funerary monument sculpted by Carol Storck.[3]

Notes
  1. (in Romanian) Biografia ministrului at the Romanian Ministry of National Defence site
  2. Dimitrie R. Rosetti, Dicționarul Contimporanilor, p. 194. Bucharest: Editura Lito-Tipografiei Populara, 1897
  3. (in Romanian) Alin Saidac, "Mănăstirea Viforâta", Revista Monumentelor Istorice, year LXXIX, nr. 1-2, 2010, p. 64
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