Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero (Mexico City

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, 16 October 1832 – Madrid

Madrid

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, 22 November 1896) was a Mexican

Mexico

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 politician and intellectual.

His father was Mariano Riva Palacio and his mother was María de los Dolores Guerrero Hernández Vicente's father worked for the Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico

Maximilian I of Mexico

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 in Querétaro

Querétaro

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 His mother was the daughter of President Vicente Guerrero

Vicente Guerrero

Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...

 and María de Guadalupe Hernández.

Life

In 1845 Vicente entered college at San Gregorio

San Gregorio

-People:*San Gregorio Nacianceno - *San Gregorio Magno, Saint Gregory the Great - Pope Gregory I ** San Gregorio Magno al Celio a church in Rome dedicated to Gregory-Places:Italy...

 and then graduated in 1854 as a lawyer

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. Riva Palacio was not only a lawyer but a general

General

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, diplomat

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, politician

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, historian

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 and a writer

Writer

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. After Vicente received his degree in law he continued working while going to war. Vicente participated in the Ayutla

Ayutla

Ayutla:*Ayutla, San Marcos, a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala.*Ayutla de los Libres, a small town located in the Mexican state of Guerrero.*The Plan of Ayutla was proclaimed in Ayutla, Guerrero....

 and French intervention in Mexico

French intervention in Mexico

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. In 1858 and through April 1860 he was in prison because of his liberal ideas. After prison, he became congressman and wrote for the newspaper "La Orquesta". According to Nettie Lee Benson, Vicente was writing about Emperor Maximilian I's downfall and Porfirio Díaz

Porfirio Díaz

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 taking over Mexico. Also in 1862, Vicente became Governor of the State of Mexico

Governor of the State of Mexico

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. Then in 1865, he founded and published a newspaper called "El Pito Real". Also in 1865, he became Governor of Michoacán

Governor of Michoacán

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 due to the death of General José María Arteaga, Vicente was then named General and chief of the central army according to Nettie Lee Benson. In 1867 he published another newspaper called "El Radical" that was only published until 1873. After "El Radical" he published another newspaper called "El Ahuizote". In 1876 he resigned as governor and dedicated himself to witting. In the year 1884, he was accused of conspiracy and was imprisoned, where he wrote his second volume of "México Atraves de los Siglos" and after prison Vicente retire from the military. After prison, Vicente left to Spain

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where he met Spanish artists and politicians. Then in 1896, Vicente Riva Palacio died in Madrid, Spain.

Books

Novels

• Calvario y tabor
• Monja y casada, virgen y mártir
• Martín Garatuza
• Las dos emparedadas: Memorias de la Inquisición
• Los piratas del golfo
• La vuelta de los muertos
• Memorias de un impostor: Don Guillén de Lampart, rey de México
• Un secreto que mata

Books of poetry

• Flores de alma
• Páginas en verso
• Mis versos

Theatrical works written in collaboration

• Las liras hermanas

Histories and criticisms

• Historia de la administración de don Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
• Los ceros
• México a través de los siglos, v.2, El virreinato
• El libro rojo (in collaboration)

Stories and legends

• Cuentos de un loco
• Cuentos del general
• Tradiciones y leyendas mexicanas (in collaboration)