Juan Ángel Michelena (Argentine officer)

Juan Ángel Michelena (1793-1873) was an officer of the Argentine army of Ecuadorian origin, who served during the War of Independence and Brazilian War.[1] He began his military career in 1820 as Sergeant of the Battalion of the Río de la Plata.[2]

Lieutenant Colonel

Juan Ángel Michelena
Born1793
Guayaquil, Ecuador
DiedAugust 27, 1873
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Allegiance United Provinces of the River Plate
Argentine Confederation
Unitarios
State of Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Service/branchArgentine Army
Years of service1820-1870
RankLieutenant Colonel
UnitBatallón del Río de la Plata
Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo
Batallón San Martín
Battles/warsBattle of Torata
Battle of Moquegua
Battle of Bacacay
Battle of Ituzaingó
Battle of Camacuã
Battle of Yerbal
Battle of Las Vizcacheras
Desert Campaign
Battle of Caseros
Revolution of 11 September 1852
Spouse(s)Juana María Canaveri
Signature

Military Biography

Michelena was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the son of a distinguished family of Basque-Creole roots. He had an active participation during the Emancipatory Wars, serving in the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers.[3] He fought under the command of General José de San Martín, taking part in the Battle of Torata and Moquegua.[4] He also participated in all the military actions produced during the Brazilian War, and the Argentine Civil Wars, where he took an active part in the confrontations between Unitarians and Federals, serving in the armies of both sides.[5]

Enlisted in the Unitary Army, he served under the command of Federico Rauch, taking part in the Battle of the Vizcacheras against Confederate troops.

He was promoted to Captain in 1832, and Lieutenant Colonel in 1851,[6] participating the following year of the Battle of Caseros, under General Justo José de Urquiza.[7]

Family

Juan Ángel Michelena was married to Juana María Canaveri,[8] daughter of Lieutenant Manuel Canaveris and María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Calderón. He is erroneously cited as a son of Juan Angel de Michelena y Moreno (possible relative), a soldier loyal to Spain who fought against the revolutionary patriotic forces.[9]

His wife was a member of the Sociedad de Beneficencia Unión y Caridad, a charitable society to assist the victims of the 1880 Revolution. This society was made up of distinguished Buenos Aires ladies, among whom were Victoria Pueyrredon de Lynch, president of the entity, Sara Carranza de Albarracin and Josefina Pelliza de Sagasta.[10]

His daughter Francisca Michelena Cabrera was married to Domingo Cabrera Méndez, a direct descendant of the conqueror Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. Through the Cabrera family, the Michelena Canaveri lineage is linked directly and indirectly with the families Williams-González Balcarce, Merro Burzaco[11] and Rocha Villanueva - Grondona Gowland.[12]

References
  1. Leyes nacionales sancionadas en el periodo lejislativo de, Argentina, Uladislao S. Frias, 1939
  2. Registro nacional de la República Argentina 1822/1852, República Argentina
  3. Historia de la Argentina, según las biografías de sus hombres y mujeres, Volumen 2, Bernardo González Arrili, 1964
  4. Reseña histórica de guerreros de la independencia: Buenos Aires, 25 de mayo de 1910, Volumen 1, Adolfo Aldao, 1910
  5. Historia de la Argentina, Volume 1, Vicente D. Sierra, 1845
  6. Registro nacional de la República Argentina 1822/1852, República Argentina
  7. Notas biográficas publicadas en la sección Efemérides americanas de "La Nación": en los años 1907-1909, José Arturo Scotto, 1910
  8. Memoria, Argentina. Ministerio de Guerra y Marina, 1885
  9. Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata ..., Librería y editorial "La Facultad", Bernabé y cía., 1941, 1936
  10. Historia de la Poblacion de General San Martin (PDF), Hialmar Gammalsson
  11. Hernandarias: el hijo de la tierra, Raúl A. Molina, 1948
  12. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Tema 150, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
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