José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar

Politician, journalist and priest

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1794

Place of Birth: Crato, Ceará, Brazil

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1860

Profession: priest, politician, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Libra

José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar (October 16, 1794 – March 15, 1860) was a Brazilian politician, journalist and priest, father of famous Brazilian novelist José de Alencar and diplomat Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, the Baron of Alencar. A member of the Pernambucan Revolt alongside his mother Bárbara Pereira de Alencar and brothers Tristão Gonçalves and Carlos José dos Santos, and a member of the Confederation of the Equator, he was senator of Ceará and later its governor, from 1834 to 1837, and again from 1840 to 1841.