Vicente Riva Palacio | |
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Born | Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero October 16, 1832 |
Died | November 22, 1896 | (aged 64)
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation | Politician |
Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero better known as Vicente Riva Palacio (16 October 1832 in Mexico City – 22 November 1896 in Madrid) was a Mexican liberal politician, novelist, journalist, intellectual, and military leader.
His father was Mariano Riva Palacio, a moderate liberal, and his mother was María de los Dolores Guerrero Hernández, daughter of independence hero and President of Mexico Vicente Guerrero and María de Guadalupe Hernández.[1][2] Vicente's father worked for the Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico in Querétaro during the French intervention in Mexico,[3] but Riva Palacio led forces in defense of the Mexican Republic against the French-backed empire.