Martín de Álzaga

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Martín de Álzaga was a prominent Spanish-Argentine merchant and political figure in Buenos Aires who played a key role in the city’s defense and early independence-era power struggles in the early 19th century.

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instanceOf Spanish Argentine
merchant
person
politician
birthDate 1755-11-11
birthPlace Azpeitia
Basque Country
Gipuzkoa
Spain
businessActivity export trade in Buenos Aires
import trade in Buenos Aires
causeOfDeath execution
countryOfCitizenship Spain
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
deathDate 1812-07-06
ethnicGroup Basque
executedBy authorities of the Primera Junta and subsequent revolutionary government of Buenos Aires
familyName de Álzaga
givenName Martín
historicalPeriod early Argentine War of Independence
late colonial period of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
mannerOfDeath death by hanging
memberOf Buenos Aires commercial elite
militaryConflict British invasions of the Río de la Plata
name Martín de Álzaga
notableFor involvement in early independence-era power struggles in Buenos Aires
leadership in the 1809 Álzaga plot against Viceroy Santiago de Liniers
role in the defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata
occupation merchant
militia officer
politician
opposedTo Cornelio Saavedra
Mariano Moreno
Santiago de Liniers
participantIn defense of Buenos Aires in 1806
defense of Buenos Aires in 1807
Álzaga plot of 1809
placeOfDeath Buenos Aires
politicalAlignment royalist
positionHeld alderman of the Buenos Aires cabildo
member of the Buenos Aires cabildo
procurador of the Buenos Aires cabildo
regidor of the Buenos Aires cabildo
relative Remedios de Escalada
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Buenos Aires
socialStatus wealthy merchant
spouse María de los Remedios de Escalada y de la Quintana
yearOfArrival 1770s in Buenos Aires

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Martín de Álzaga name Martín de Álzaga