Matei Vlădescu (February 2, 1835 – January 23, 1901) was a

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n-born

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n soldier. Born in

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, he entered the

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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

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, he commanded units on the front at

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and

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.Biografia ministrului
at the Romanian Ministry of National Defence site From November 1889 to February 1891, Vlădescu served as

War Minister A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

in the cabinet of

Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu (26 July 1833, Bucharest, Wallachia – 16 May 1911, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania) was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman. He served as Prime Minister (1889–1891), Minister of War, Minister of the Inter ...

., ''Dicționarul Contimporanilor'', p. 194. Bucharest: Editura Lito-Tipografiei Populară, 1897 In 1892, he was named chief of staff to the royal household. He was awarded the

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. Vlădescu died in Bucharest in 1901. He is buried in the cemetery of , with a funerary monument sculpted by

Carol Storck Carol Storck (10 May 1854, Bucharest – 1926) was a Romanian sculptor. He was the son of Karl Storck and the brother of Frederic Storck, both sculptors. Life and work In 1871, Storck studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Florence with Augu ...

. Alin Saidac
"Mănăstirea Viforâta"
''Revista Monumentelor Istorice'', year LXXIX, nr. 1-2, 2010, p. 64 A street in Târgoviște is named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vladescu, Matei 1835 births 1901 deaths People from Târgoviște Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Romanian Ministers of Defence Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania