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Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas

1791 - 1865

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Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, 3rd Duke of Rivas (Spanish: Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, Duque de Rivas; 10 March 1791 – 22 June 1865) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and politician who was Prime Minister of Spain in 1854. He is best known for his play Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (Don Álvaro, or the Force of Fate) (1835), the first romantic success in the Spanish theater. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas is the 2,003rd most popular writer (up from 3,412th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,119th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas ranks 2,003 out of 7,302Before him are Ahad Ha'am, Péter Esterházy, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Vasyl Stus, and Langston Hughes. After him are Bálint Balassi, Konstantin Ushinsky, Bion of Smyrna, Joachim Neander, Anne Golon, and Alciphron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas ranks 23Before him are Félix Savart, Peter Cooper, Friedrich Parrot, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Minh Mạng, and George Peacock. After him are Ferdinand Hérold, William Elford Leach, Henryk Dembiński, Sergey Aksakov, Anne Lister, and Friedrich von Gärtner. Among people deceased in 1865, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas ranks 31Before him are Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Madeleine Sophie Barat, George Phillips Bond, Giuditta Pasta, James Barry, and Fredrika Bremer. After him are Shigechiyo Izumi, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Antoine Wiertz, Andrés Bello, Sebastián Iradier, and Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas ranks 692 out of 3,355Before him are Pirri (1945), Juande Ramos (1954), Pahiño (1923), Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1971), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), and Alfredo Kraus (1927). After him are Andrés Gimeno (1937), Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Antonio de la Cruz (1947), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Juan de Homedes (1477), and María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba (1762).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas ranks 76Before him are Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Don Juan Manuel (1282), José Zorrilla (1817), Leopoldo Alas (1852), Juan Goytisolo (1931), and Juan Donoso Cortés (1809). After him are Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Jaume Cabré (1947), Salvador de Madariaga (1886), Mariano José de Larra (1809), Miguel Delibes (1920), and Abraham ibn Daud (1110).