Fernando Primo de Rivera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fernando Primo de Rivera

Spanish general

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1831

Place of Birth: Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 23-May-1921

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Fernando Primo de Rivera

  • Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte, 1st Marquess of Estella, 12th Count of Peña VĂ©lez, 17th Count of Torres Rovellas, 23rd Count of Sobremonte (24 July 1831 – 23 May 1921) was a Spanish politician, and soldier. Fernando Primo de Rivera was the son of Antonio Hermenegildo Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte, 22nd Count of Sobremonte (1787–1833) and his wife Ana MarĂ­a de Torres Rovellas y Peña VĂ©lez (1811–1865); she was the daughter of Miguel de Torres Rovellas y Peña VĂ©lez, 13th Count of Torres Rovellas, 8th Marquess of Peña VĂ©lez (1764–1851).
  • His grandfather was BĂ©rtrand Primo de Rivera (1741–1813), 21st Count of Sobremonte: he was a Spanish general under the Spanish Resistance against Napoleon Bonaparte. He served in several wars, including the 1848 and 1866 Madrid insurrections and the second Carlista War.
  • When forces under his command in the second Carlist War captured Estella, he was named Marquess of Estella.
  • He was the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines from 1880 to 1883.
  • In 1897, he again became the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines.
  • He temporarily suspended hostilities in the Philippine Revolution through negotiations with Emilio Aguinaldo in the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and acted briefly as Governor-General of the Philippines.
  • He was a Minister and the 70th Prime Minister of Spain for one day between 30 and 31 December 1874.
  • He was created the 1st Marquess of Estella on 25 May 1877, the 1,124th Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece and the 287th Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Our Lady of the Concepcion of Vila Viçosa of Portugal in 1879. He was married in Sevilla on 18 June 1857 to MarĂ­a del Pilar Arias-Quiroga y Escalera (Sevilla, Alcolea del RĂ­o, c.
  • 1835 – 10 May 1894), 745th Dame of the Royal Order of Queen MarĂ­a Luisa, daughter of Juan Arias-Quiroga y MejĂ­as, 7th Marquess of Arias-Quiroga and his wife MarĂ­a Manuela de Escalera y Fernández de Peñaranda, daughter of Roberto de Escalera y Fernandez de Peñarada, 46th Lord of Peñaranda, by whom he had no issue.
  • He was also the uncle of Miguel Primo de Rivera, the Spanish dictator.

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