Grigore Sturdza

Grigorie Sturdza (1821–1901) was a Moldavian-born Romanian general and politician.

Biography

A son of Mihail Sturdza, he was educated in France and Germany. He became a general in the Ottoman army under the name of Muklis Pasha, and afterwards attained the same rank in the Moldavian army. He was a candidate for the Moldavian throne in 1859, and subsequently a prominent member of the Russophile party in the Romanian parliament.

Works

• Lois fondamentales de l'univers (Paris, 1891)

See also

• Sturdza family

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Moses Gaster (1911). "Sturdza". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1051.