Dimitrie Macedonski
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Dimitrie Macedonski (circa 1780 – 1843) was a Wallachian Pandur captain and revolutionary leader.
Taking part in the Wallachian uprising of 1821, he was appointed Tudor Vladimirescu's lieutenant by boyar allies of the revolutionaries, on January 15. Sympathetic to the Philikí Etaireía and suspicious of Tudor's level of commitment to the cause, Macedonski, together with Iordache Olimpiotul and Ioan Farmache, deposed and arrested the rebel leader.
Dimitrie Macedonski was also involved in revolutionary agitation in 1840 Wallachia. as member of a radical conspiracy led by Mitică Filipescu and Nicolae Bălcescu.
He was the grandfather of Romanian poet Alexandru Macedonski.
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