Angel de Saavedra y Remírez de Baquedano, duque de Rivas (March 19, 1791 - June 22, 1865), Spanish poet and politician, was born at Cordova. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Poets are authors of poems. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... See Córdoba for other places with the same name. ...

He fought in the war of independence, was a prominent member of the advanced Liberal party from 1820 to 1823, and in the latter year was condemned to death. He escaped to London and lived successively in Italy, Malta and France, until the amnesty of 1834, when he returned to Spain, shortly afterwards succeeding his brother as duke of Rivas. In 1835 he became minister of the interior under Isturiz, and along with his chief had again to leave the country. Returning in 1837, he joined the moderate party, became prime minister, and was subsequently ambassador at Paris and Naples. 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1813 he published Ensayos poéticos, and between that date and his first exile several of his tragedies (the most notable being Alatar, 1814, and Lanuza, 1822) were put upon the stage. Traces of foreign influence are observable in El Moro expósito (1833), a narrative poem dedicated to John Hookham Frere; these are still more marked in Don Alvaro o La Fuerza del sino (first played on March 22, 1835), a drama of historical importance inasmuch as it established the new French romanticism in Spain. 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Hookham Frere (May 21, 1769 - January 7, 1846), was an English diplomat and author. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... romanticism - error - you are to thick to read this muhahahahahahahahah ...

Bibliography

• Obras completas del Duque de Rivas (Madrid, 1894-1904)
• LA do Cueto, "Discurso," in Memorias de lo academía española (Madrid, 1870)
• M Canete, Escritores españoles e hispanoamericanos (Madrid, 1884)
• J Valera in El Ateneo (Madrid, December 1888-February 1889)
• E Piñeyro, El Romanticismo en España (Paris, 1904).

Reference

• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.