Rafael Balanzat y Baranda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rafael Balanzat y Baranda

Spanish military officer

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1820

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1855

Profession: writer, military personnel

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Rafael Balanzat y Baranda (23 December 1820, Madrid – 24 October 1854) was a Spanish writer, military man and Knight Laureate.
He was born in Madrid on 23 December 1820 and died in Tarifa, Cadiz on 24 October 1854.
Of noble Ibizan family, he was the son of the Inspector General of Infantry and Marshal of the Spanish Army, Ignacio Balanzat de Orvay y Briones and María Dolores de Baranda y Cajigal, and younger brother of Colonel José Balanzat y Baranda.
He was the father of the Marchioness of Najera who was a friend and chambermaid of the Infanta Isabel, María Dolores Balanzat y Bretagne.