Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas: Quick Facts


Facts

Born March 10, 1791 ‱ Córdoba ‱ Spain
Died June 22, 1865 (aged 74) ‱ Madrid ‱ Spain
Notable Works “Don Alvaro, o la fuerza del sino” ‱ “El moro expósito” ‱ “Romances históricos”
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Francisco de Paula MartĂ­nez de la Rosa
Spanish writer and statesman
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Balaguer, Victor
Victor Balaguer
Catalan poet and Spanish politician and historian
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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre
Spanish dramatist
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Pedro LĂłpez de Ayala
Spanish poet and chronicler
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
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Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Zorrilla y Moral, José
José Zorrilla y Moral
Spanish writer
Gertrudis GĂłmez de Avellaneda, detail of a portrait by Federico de Madrazo, 1857.
Gertrudis GĂłmez de Avellaneda
Cuban Spanish playwright
Samaranch, Juan AntĂłnio
Juan Antonio Samaranch, marquis de Samaranch
Spanish businessman and public official
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Baltazar de ZĂșñiga
Spanish diplomat and statesman
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Moses ibn Ezra
Spanish-Jewish poet
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Santiago Carrillo
Spanish political leader