Constantin Teodorescu (general)
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Constantin Teodorescu | |
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| Born | 25 January 1863 |
| Died | 1942 (aged 78–79) Bucharest, Romania[1] |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Romania |
| Years of service | 1883 — 1916 |
| Rank | Lieutenant (1883) Lieutenant (1887) Captain (1893) Major (1900) Lieutenant-Colonel (1903) Colonel (1911) Brigadier General (1915)[2] |
| Commands | 17th Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Order of the Crown Order of the Star of Romania[2] |
Constantin Teodorescu was one of the generals of the Romanian Army in the First World War. He is most known for serving as division commander in the 1916 campaign.[3]
Constantin Teodorescu attended the classes of the School of Non-Commissioned Officers in Bucharest between 1881 and 1883, after graduating from which he was admitted to take the graduation exam of the Military School of Infantry and Cavalry, which he passed in 1883 with the rank of lieutenant. Subsequently, Teodorescu held various positions in the infantry units or in the upper echelons of the army, the most important being those of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Second Army Corps, commander of the IV Ilfov Regiment no. 21, senior director of the Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of War or head of the Mobilization Section of the General Staff.[4][5][6][7]
During World War I he served as commander of the 17th Infantry Division, between 14 and 24 August 1916. The 17th Division was tasked with defending the head of the Turtucaia bridge.[3]
Due to the faulty way of exercising the act of command by the superior military leadership of the army (head of the General Headquarters, commander of the 3rd Army, commanders of the 17th, 9th and 19th Infantry Divisions), after only five days of fighting, Bulgarian-German troops win at the Battle of Turtucaia. General Radu R. Rosetti identified as one of the main causes of losing the battle the lack of any qualities of General Teodorescu.[8] He was relieved of the command of the division on 24 August 1916, later performing secondary functions such as that of commander of the Territorial Command of the 6th Infantry Division.
