Udriște Năsturel, first name also Uriil, Uril, Ioriste, or Oreste, last name also NăstureloviciConstantinescu, pp. XXI, 4, 123, 165; Nicolescu, p. 35. See also Călinescu, p. 9; Gane, p. 238; Theodorescu, p. 44 (1596 or 1598 – ca. 1658), was a Wallachian scholar, poet, and statesman, the brother-in-law of Prince Matei Basarab through his sister Elena Năsturel. Together, the three staged a cultural revival centered on Bucharest and Târgoviște. Năsturel had risen through the ranks of Wallachian bureaucracy and had served Radu Mihnea's government in Moldavia, being kept as Logothete by Matei Basarab. In office, he had an international correspondence and went on diplomatic travels through Central Europe, while also overseeing the printing presses. He was the titular boyar of Herăști, known in his day as Fierești and Fierăști, where he built a palace that stands as a late example of Renaissance architecture, and earned him a regional fame.
