The House of Sturdza, Sturza or Stourdza is the name of an old Moldavian noble family, whose origins can be traced back to the 1540s and whose members played important political role in the history of

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and later

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Political family

The Sturdza family, a Moldavian princely family, has been long and intimately associated with the government first of

and afterwards of

. Its members belong to two main branches, which trace their descent from either

Ioan Sturdza Ioan Sandu Sturdza or Ioniță Sandu Sturdza (1762 – 2 February 1842) was a ruler (hospodar) (List of Moldavian rulers) of Moldavia from 21 June 1822 to 5 May 1828. Biography Sturdza is considered the first indigenous ruler with the end of Ph ...

or Alexandru Sturdza, the sons of Chiriac Sturdza, who lived in the 17th century, and may be regarded as the founder of the family. Members active in government: Castelul Sturdza din Miclauseni46

prince of Moldavia from 1822 to 1828 *

Mihail Sturdza Mihail Sturdza (24 April 1794, Iași – 8 May 1884, Paris), sometimes anglicized as Michael Stourdza, was prince of Moldavia from 1834 to 1849. He was cousin of Roxandra Sturdza and Alexandru Sturdza. Biography He was son of Grigore Sturdza, s ...

(1795 – 1884), Prince of Moldavia from 1834 to 1849, modernizer of Moldavia * Alexandru Sturdza, also known as ''Alexandre Stourdza'' (1791–1854), Russian publicist and diplomatist *

Grigore Sturdza Grigore Mihail Sturdza, first name also Grigorie or Grigori, last name also Sturza, Stourdza, Sturd̦a, and Stourza (also known as Muklis Pasha, George Mukhlis, and Beizadea Vițel; May 11, 1821 – January 26, 1901), was a Moldavian, later Romani ...

(1821 – 1901), son of Mihail, army general and politician *

Dimitrie Sturdza Dimitrie Sturdza (, in full Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza-Miclăușanu; 10 March 183321 October 1914) was a Romanian statesman and author of the late 19th century, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1882 and 1884. Biography Born in Iași ...

(1833 – 1914), Romanian statesman *

Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu (May 19, 1839–February 6, 1920) was a Romanian historian. Born in Iași into the aristocratic Sturdza family, his parents hired private foreign tutors for his education. Sturdza thus learned French, German, Lati ...

, (1839 – 1920) Romanian historian * Mihail R. Sturdza (1886 – 1980), Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs *

Mihai Dimitrie Sturdza Mihai () is a Romanian given name for males or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Michael. A variant of the name is Mihail. Its female form is Mihaela. As a given name * Mihai I of Romania (1921–2017), King of Romania until 1947 *M ...

(1934 – 2020), Romanian historian * Alexandru D. Sturdza (1869-1939), romanian Army, colonel, german spy, son of Dimitrie Sturdza (1833-1914), romanian stateman

Others

Roxandra Sturdza Roxandra or Roxana or Roksandra Skarlatovna Edling-Sturdza (1786 – 1844) was a philanthropist and a writer. Her chief achievement was the foundation of schools and orphanages for the young and needy refugees in Odessa during the years of wars a ...

(1786 – 1844) *

Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra (25 August 1873 – 19 September 1961) was a Romanian actress and acting teacher. She is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Romanian theater. In addition to her acting career, she played ...

(1873 – 1961), actress and theater director *

Marina Sturdza Marina Nicole Sturdza (25 April 1944 – 24 October 2017) was a Romanian princess and humanitarian activist. Early life Marina Nicole Sturdza was born a princess in Romania on 25 April 1944, in Brasov, Transylvania. Both of her parents came fr ...

(1944 – 2017), former Romanian Princess and humanitarian activist *

Constantin Sturdza Constantin Sturdza (born 24 August 1989) is a Swiss tennis player. He is the member of Sturdza family. Sturdza has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1190 achieved on 28 September 2015. Sturdza made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Gene ...

(born 1989), tennis player *

Dimitri Sturdza Dimitri Sturdza (born 10 November 1938), also known as Tim Sturdza, is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Iași, Sturdza is a descendant of a Romanian aristocratic family and later settled in Lausanne. He is of Norwegi ...

(born 1938), tennis player

References

3. Otu, Petre, Georgescu, Maria: Durchleuchtung eines Verrats. Der Fall des Oberst Alexandru D. Sturdza. Lektor Verlag. Hainburg. 2022. {{Authority control Romanian boyar families