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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Martín de Álzaga canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ