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Juan de Zavala

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The Marquess of Sierra Bullones
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
26 February 1874[1] – 29 June 1874[2]
PresidentFrancisco Serrano
Preceded byEmilio Castelar
Succeeded byPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
Personal details
Born
Juan de Zavala y de la Puente

27 December 1804
Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spain
Died29 December 1879 (aged 75)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish

Juan de Zavala y de la Puente, 1st Marquess of Sierra Bullones (27 December 1804, in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru[3] – 29 December 1879,[4] in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish noble and politician. After fighting in the First Carlist War, the Marquess served as Prime Minister of Spain.

He was the son of Pedro José de Zavala y Bravo de Rivero, 7th Marquess of San Lorenzo, and Grimanesa de la Puente y Bravo de Lagunas, marchioness de la Puente.[5]

Marriage and issue

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Portrait of Zavala, c. 1860

He married on 1839 María del Pilar de Guzmán, 24ht Duchess of Nájera,[6] and had five children:

References

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  1. ^ Coleccion de las leyes, decretos y declaraciones de las Cortes (in Spanish). Imprenta del Ministerio de Gracia y Justicia. 1874. p. 382. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ Narración militar de la guerra carlista de 1869 á 1876 (in Spanish). Impr. del Departmentósito de la Guerra. 1885. p. 191. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Juan Zavala de la Puente". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ Anales de la nobleza de España: anuario (in Spanish). Imprenta de Jose Garcia. 1880. p. 188. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. ^ Alfaro, Manuel Ibo (1860). La Corona de laurel: coleccion de biografias de los generales que han tomado parte en la gloriosa campaña de África (in Spanish). Establ. Literario y Tip. de Manuel Ibo Alfaro. p. 407. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  6. ^ Aula Palma (in Spanish). Instituto Ricardo Palma. 2009. p. 109. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State
6 June 1855 – 14 July 1856
Succeeded by