Vicente Riva Palacio

Vicente Riva Palacio
Born
Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero

October 16, 1832
DiedNovember 22, 1896(1896-11-22) (aged 64)
NationalityMexican
OccupationPolitician

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.

  1. ^ José Ortiz Monasterio, "Vicente Riva Palacio y Guerrero" in Encyclopedia of Mexico, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, p.1281.
  2. ^ "Vicente Riva Palacio." Bicentenario Independencia. Diccionario Porrúa, Biografía y Geografía de México. n.d. Web. 08 March 2010.
  3. ^ (Bicentenaro par.1)

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