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Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (29 June 1801 – 14 June 1864) was a Dominican soldier and politician who served three times as the president of the First Dominican Republic (1844-1861) and was the first governor-general during the period of annexation of the Dominican Republic to Spain (1861-1865), accomplished at Santana's request.
Like Eusebio Manzueta, Marcos Adón was one of Pedro Santana's friends and subordinates, who did not openly oppose the decision of the general, but observed, after the fact, a distant attitude of non-complacency, in front of the civil and military authorities that Spain designated in the country. This explains the reports from spies and ...
Colour portrait of Pedro Santana. Marquess of Las Carreras was a hereditary marquisal title in the Spanish nobility.It was created in 1862 by Queen Isabella II to Lt. General Pedro Santana, landholder and the 1st President of the Dominican Republic, following his retirement as Governor-General of Santo Domingo in 1862.
The Annexation of the Dominican Republic to Spain (Spanish: Anexión de la República Dominicana a España) or Reintegration of Santo Domingo (Reintegración de Santo Domingo) was a brief period in 1861–1865 during which the Dominican Republic returned to the sovereignty of Spain, following the request of Dominican dictator Pedro Santana. [1]
When arranging the order of the troops, Santana designated a staff and a command echelon, assigning Duvergé relevant tasks with the rank of colonel. He was accompanied by commanders called to play a leading role in subsequent war events, such as colonels Manuel Mora and Feliciano Martínez. [5] Illustration by Don Pedro Santana
Pedro Santana y Familias. Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquis of Las Carreras (June 29, 1801 – June 14, 1864), better known as Pedro Santana, was a Dominican military commander and royalist politician who served as the president of the junta that had established the First Dominican Republic, a precursor to the position of the President of the Dominican Republic, and as the first President ...
A month later Santana entered the city, staged a countercoup and proceeded to reorganize the Junta, expelling the Trinitarios and banishing them “forever.” The conservatives triumphed through this militaristic act and the leadership fell to Pedro Santana, so Bobadilla was no longer the leading figure on this side.
Known as "La Deana", she self-published poems and the autobiographical and political essay Historia de una mujer (History of a Woman, 1849). Manuela Rodríguez Aybar was born on 1790 in San Juan de la Maguana. Her mother was Maria Rodríguez. Many of the details of her life, including the name of her father, are unknown.