Francisco Martínez de la Rosa
Real Academia Española | |
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In office 21 November 1839 – 7 February 1862 | |
Preceded by | José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán |
Succeeded by | Ángel de Saavedra |
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Born | Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Cornejo 10 March 1787 Realista Moderado |
Alma mater | University of Granada |
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Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Cornejo (March 10, 1787 – February 7, 1862) was a Spanish statesman and dramatist and the first prime minister of Spain to receive the title of President of the Council of Ministers.
He became Prime Minister in the opening months of the First Carlist War and his liberal government oversaw the promulgation of a new Spanish constitution: the Spanish Royal Statute of 1834.
Biography
He was born at Granada, and educated at the university there.[1]
He won popularity with a series of
Meanwhile, the author became more and more engulfed in politics, and in 1814 was banished to Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera on the Barbary Coast,[2] where he remained until 1820, when he was suddenly recalled and appointed prime minister. During the next three years he was the most unpopular man in Spain; denounced as a revolutionist by the Conservatives and as a reactionary by the Liberals, he alienated the sympathies of all parties, and his rhetoric earned for him the contemptuous nickname of Rosita la Pastelera (Rosie the compromiser/cake maker).[1] In 1822, Francisco Martínez de la Rosa appointed Diego de Medrano y Treviño as Minister of the Interior, replacing Moscoso in the position.
Exiled in 1823, he took refuge in
Returning to Spain in 1831, he became prime minister on the death of Ferdinand VII, but proved incapable of coping with the insurrectionary movement and resigned in 1834.[1] It is worth noting that, before retiring, Martinez de la Rosa, as President of the Cabinet, approved the royal decree that finally abolished the Spanish Inquisition.[citation needed]
He was ambassador at Paris in 1839–1840 and at Rome in 1842–1843, joined the Conservative party, held many important offices, and was president of congress and director of the Royal Spanish Academy at the time of his death, which took place at Madrid on 7 February 1862.[1]
As a statesman, Martinez de la Rosa never rose above mediocrity. It was his misfortune to be in place without real power, to struggle against a turbulent pseudo-democratic movement promoted by unscrupulous soldiers, and to contend with the intrigues of the king, the court
Through the accident of his exile at Paris he was thrown into relations with the leaders of the French Romantic Movement, and was so far impressed with the innovations of the new school as to write in French a romantic piece entitled Abén Humeya (1830), which was played at the Porte Saint-Martin. On his return to Madrid Martinez de la Rosa produced La Conjuracíon de Venecia (April 23, 1834), which entitles him to be called the pioneer of the romantic drama in Spain.[1]
Orders
Kingdom of Spain
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.[3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.[3]
Foreign
- Knight of the Supreme Order of Christ. (Kingdom of Portugal)[3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honor. (Kingdom of France)[3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer. (Kingdom of Greece)[3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross. (Empire of Brazil)[3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands. (Kingdom of the Netherlands)[3]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX. (Papal States)[3]
- Knight of the Order of St. Jenaro. (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)[3]
- Knight of the Order of St. Ferdinand of Merit. (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)[4]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Mauritius and Lazarus. (Kingdom of Sardinia)[3]
- Knight of the Order of the Glory. (Ottoman Empire)[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 684.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Española, Real Academia (1852). Diccionario de la lengua castellana (in Spanish). Imprenta Nacional.
- ^ Española, Real Academia (1852). Diccionario de la lengua castellana (in Spanish). Imprenta Nacional.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Martínez de la Rosa, Francisco de Paula". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 800. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the