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DUKE OF RIVAS ANGEL DE SAAVEDRA (1791...

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 954 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUKE OF RIVAS See also:ANGEL DE See also:SAAVEDRA (1791-1865)  , See also:Spanish poet and politician, was See also:born at See also:Cordova on the 19th of See also:March 1791 . He fought in the See also:war of See also:independence, was a prominent member of the advanced Liberal party from 1820 to 1823, and in the latter See also:year was condemned to See also:death . He escaped to See also:London and lived successively in See also:Italy, See also:Malta and See also:France, until the See also:amnesty of 1834, when he returned to See also:Spain, shortly afterwards succeeding his See also:brother as See also:duke of Rivas . In 1835 he became See also:minister of the interior under Istfxriz, and along with his See also:chief had again to leave the See also:country . Returning in 1837, he joined the moderate party, became See also:prime minister, and was subsequently See also:ambassador at See also:Paris and See also:Naples . He died on the 22nd of See also:June 1865 . In 1813 he published Ensayos poeticos, and between that date and his first See also:exile several of his tragedies (the most notable being Alatar, 1814, and Lanuza, 1822) were put upon the See also:stage . Traces of See also:foreign See also:influence are observable in El See also:Moro Exp6sito (1833), a narrative poem dedicated to See also:John Hookham See also:Frere; these are still more marked in See also:Don Alvaro 6 La Fuerza del sino (first played on the 22nd of March 1835), a See also:drama of See also:historical importance inasmuch as it established the new See also:French romanticism in Spain .

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