Sturza, Dimitrie A.
Sturza or Sturdza, Dimitrie A.
(both: dēmē`trēyĕ sto͝or`dzə), 1833–1914, Romanian statesman, of a prominent Moldavian family. With Ion BratianuBratianuor Bratiano
, Romanian family. Ion Bratianu, 1821–91, was prominent in the Revolution of 1848 and helped to secure (1866) the election of Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Carol I of Romania) to the throne.
..... Click the link for more information. and Constantin RosettiRosetti, Constantin
, 1816–85, Romanian statesman, b. Bucharest. A radical editor, he took part in the Revolution of 1848 and subsequently fled to Paris, where he published a review favoring the establishment of a national unitary state.
..... Click the link for more information. he helped bring about the abdication of Prince Alexander John CuzaCuza, Alexander John
, or Alexander John I,
1820–73, first prince of Romania (1859–66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848 revolution and in the political struggle for the union of the principalities, he was elected prince of both Moldavia
..... Click the link for more information. in 1886 and established Carol I as his successor. After Bratianu's death (1891), Sturza was the recognized head of the National-Liberal party. Between 1895 and 1909, he was often premier of Romania and forwarded the economic and intellectual progress of his nation. As secretary of the Romanian Academy of Sciences he edited a collection of Romanian historical sources (10 vol., 1889–1909).