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Sturza, Dimitrie A.

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Sturza or Sturdza, Dimitrie A. (both: dēmē`trēyĕ str`dzə), 1833–1914, Romanian statesman, of a prominent Moldavian family. With Ion Bratianu Bratianu or 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.
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 and Constantin Rosetti Rosetti, 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.
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 he helped bring about the abdication of Prince Alexander John Cuza Cuza, 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
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 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).


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