Martinez LED Rio

See also: LED Rio

The family Martinez LED Rio is a known Mexican family, whose several members had a political role, economic or social important in Mexico, since independence and until today. The influence of this family in the Mexican history was such as the Université of Texas to Austin published a book on this family to teach the Histoire of Mexico.

Exit of the Nobility of the Spanish area of Cantabrie and of the area Italy nne of Piedmont, the family Martinez LED Rio counts currently less than two hundred members, the majority of them always residing at Mexico. The tree of family was preserved since the 8th century and the family can go up her line with the medieval hero Cid.

During second half of the 19th century, the family belonged to the conservatives who supported the Monarchie. Indeed, Jose Pablo Martinez LED Rio was the spokesperson of the delegation which offered the crown of the Mexican empire to Maximilien Ier of Mexico (at the origin Maximilien de Habsbourg) in 1864.

Benito Juárez, which was the chief of the liberals of Mexico (Liberal) confiscated Hacienda of " Hormiga" of the family, which was then transformed into the presidential residence " Los Pinos" from Mexico and confiscated properties known under the name of " Encinillas" who comprised km ² 60.000 of the ground which the family had in Scandinavian Mexico. Once Benito Juárez took the ordering of Mexico because the president it made put Maximilian at dead by putting fire at the group in 1867 and banished Jose Pablo in her indigenous Milan. It is into 1870 that Juárez granted " an amnesty générale" and the exilees could turn over, but their properties are remained in the hands of the state.

Martinez LED Rio joined their blood by the marriage with several descendants of Agustin de Iturbide, which obtained the independence of Mexico of Spain and were the first emperor of the country. The historical files of the family contain almost 60.000 documents which were classified by the back Carlos grandson of Jose Pablo and were given in 2006 by Anna Cristina, the girl of Carlos in the center of the Mexican history (CEHM) Condumex. The files contain more than 300 years of family antecedents. It is with the presidency of Porfirio Diaz towards the end of 1800 ' S and years 1900 that the family received a certain restitution of the confiscations of Benito Juárez. Between other interesting facts, the family was one of the original recipients of the original Spanish ground concessions in Texas (the compensation for which it always waits, of the government of the UNITED STATES, as directed by the Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo). Interesting information is that in the ground of the family the ranch of Crawford of George W Bush is localized. The family also lent a significant quantity to the government of Ecuador, so that it could continue its independence of Grande Colombia (the ex-Spanish colony).

Refer

"Kinship, Business and Politics, The Martinez LED Rio Family in Mexico City 1823-1867" by David W. Walker, University off Texas Near. ISBN 0-292-74308-4

See too

Mexico City Presidency off The Republic - History
Los Pinos and Martinez LED Rio History
Imperial House off Mexico City

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