Francisco Pelliza

Francisco Pelliza (1792-1879) was an Argentine military, patriot officer who fought in the Argentine War of Independence.[2]

Francisco Pelliza
Birth nameFrancisco María de Paula Pelliza y Molina
Born1792
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata
Died1879
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Allegiance Spain — until 1810
United Provinces of the River Plate
Service/branchArgentine Army
Years of service1806-1822.[1]
RankSergeant major
UnitRegiment of Patricians
Commands heldArmy of the North
Battles/warsBritish invasions of the River Plate
Argentine War of Independence

Biography

He was born in Buenos Aires, son of Luis Pelliza and María Molina, belonging to a distinguished Creole family.[3] He did his elementary studies in the Colegio Real de San Carlos,[4] and began his military career during the first British invasions of the River Plate, serving in the Regiment of Patricians.[5]

He was graduated as Ensign of the Patrician Regiment on July 30, 1808, then serving as second lieutenant of the same regiment from January 10, 1809. That same year the Regiment of Patricians under the command of Cornelio Saavedra took part in the actions against the rebel troops of Martín de Álzaga, who had risen up against the Viceroy Liniers (Mutiny of Álzaga).[6]

He supported the cause of the May Revolution, and was confirmed as officer of the Patricians by the new authorities. He toke part in the first battles produced in the War for Independence since 1810.[7]

In 1812 Francisco Pelliza served as Lieutenant in the Army of the North commanded by Manuel Belgrano.[8] Under the command of General Belgrano, he participated in the battles Tucuman, Salta, Vilcapugio and Ayohuma.[9] On 14, November 1813, Pelliza was taken prisoner at the Battle of Ayohuma. He was imprisoned until 1820, when he was released in a prisoner exchange by General José de San Martin. In 1821, Pelliza was promoted to Captain,[10] serving in the Escolta de Húsares.[11]

Francisco Pelliza retired from the Army with the rank of Sergeant major.[12] In 1831, he was appointed to occupy the post of Chief of Campaña (Alcalde) in the town of Cañuelas (Buenos Aires Province).[13] He and his family were active members of Freemasonry in the Río de La Plata.[14]

Family

He married on September 12, 1812 in the Buenos Aires Cathedral, to María de los Santos Fernández Castro, daughter of Ramón de los Santos Fernández and Encarnación Molina. He and his wife were parents of Manuela Pelliza (born in 1812), married on August 17, 1826 in Santos Lugares to Sinforoso Camilo Canaveris (1808-1872), son of María de los Ángeles Rodríguez and Manuel Canaveris, a lieutenant who served in the Regiment of Patricians.[15]

The founder of the Pelliza family was Domingo Pelliza, a Genoese merchant who had traveled to Spain in 1738.[16] This family was related to the Domingo de Acassuso, a militia officer, born in Biscay, and founder of San Isidro, a city in the Buenos Aires Province.[17]

Two members of the Pelliza family were related to the Pueyrredón family. José María Pelliza Gómez Rospigliosi (Colonel of the Argentine army) was married to Virginia Pueyrredón Sánchez, daughter of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón and Juana Sánchez.[18] His daughter, Virginia Pelliza Pueyrredón was married to her relative Mariano Aurelio Pelliza, son of Francisco María Pelliza and Francisca Burgos.[19]

References
  1. Memoria. República Argentina. 1875.
  2. Prisioneros de guerra: memorias de las Casasmatas del Callao (1813-1820). Juan Isidro Quesada, Francisco Pelliza, Gerónimo Espejo. 2012. ISBN 9789871288403.
  3. Mestizaje, sangre y matrimonio en territorios de la actual Argentina y Uruguay, siglos XVII-XX. Nora Siegrist de Gentile, M. Mónica Ghirardi. 2008. ISBN 9789870235330.
  4. El clero de 1800 en la Banda Oriental. Luis Astigarraga. 1986.
  5. Revista, Volume 17, Issues 200-203, Círculo Militar (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1917
  6. La época de Mariano Moreno. Rodolfo Puiggrós. 1960.
  7. Formación castrense de los hombres de armas de Belgrano. Julio Arturo Benencia. 1980.
  8. Luzuriaga, Aníbal Jorge; Benencia, Julio Arturo (1980). Formación castrense de los hombres de armas de Belgrano - Aníbal Jorge Luzuriaga, Julio Arturo Benencia - Google Books. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  9. Estudios sobre historia argentina: biografías y ensayos, Volume 2. Juan Isidro Quesada. 2004. ISBN 9789870206781.
  10. Estado militar en 1820: i.e. mil ochocientos veinte -1822 i.e. mil ... - Google Books. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  11. Obra gubernativa y epistolario de San Martín, Volume 13, Part 1. Comisión Nacional del Sesquicentenario de la Independencia del Perú. 1974.
  12. Estudios sobre historia argentina: biografías y ensayos, Volume 2. Juan Isidro Quesada. 2004. ISBN 9789870206781.
  13. Registro oficial (de la provincia de Buenos Aires). Buenos Aires province. 1831.
  14. La masonería argentina a través de sus hombres. Alcibíades Lappas. 1966.
  15. "Aportes biogenealógicos para un padrón de habitantes del Río de la Plata - Hugo Fernández de Burzaco y Barrios - Google Books". 1990. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  16. Los pobladores de Buenos Aires y su descendencia, Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson, 1980
  17. Del Pago de la Costa al San Isidro actual: la obra de dos vascos. Fundación Vasco Argentina Juan de Garay. 2005. ISBN 9789879755648.
  18. Juan Martín de Pueyrredón. Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson. 1968.
  19. Mar del Plata y genearquía de sus fundadores. Alfredo J. Otárola. 1972.
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