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José Ignacio Heredia y Mota (1859–1930) Great-Grandfather José Ignacio Heredia Mota was born on November 23, 1859, in Baní, Dominican Republic, though his son Rodolfo later insisted his father was born in Santiago, Cuba, despite official records stating otherwise. He was the son of Brigadier General Francisco Xavier Heredia Sola, a notable figure in the Dominican Republic, and the brother of Nicolás Heredia y Mota, a poet, novelist, journalist, lawyer, surgical doctor, and Cuban revolutionary born in 1855 in Baní, who later became a prominent figure in Matanzas, Cuba. He was instrumental in Cuba's fight for independence. José Ignacio followed a path of military service, joining the Cuban Army during the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). By 1898, he had attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant, contributing to the struggle against Spanish colonial rule. His father’s connection to General Máximo Gómez, a key figure in the Cuban independence movement, is noteworthy. Gómez, born in Ban...

Rafael de Angulo y Heredia 2nd Cousin 3x Removed Rafael de Angulo y Heredia was a prominent Spanish-Cuban businessman, financier, and aristocrat born on May 11, 1850, in Matanzas, Cuba, during the period when Cuba was a Spanish colony. He died on June 7, 1934, in Paris, France, at the age of 84. The dates "1915-1934" in your query likely refer to the period during which he held the noble title of the first Marqués de Caviedes, granted by King Alfonso XIII of Spain on April 5, 1915, and retained until his death. His parents were Laureano Angulo y Heredia and Rafaela Heredia y Heredia, sister to the famous poet, Jose Maria Heredia y Heredia. Early Life and Career Born into a well-connected family in colonial Cuba, Angulo y Heredia moved to Europe early in his life, establishing himself in France. He became a successful entrepreneur and banker, notably founding the Banco Español en París (Spanish Bank in Paris), which catered to Spanish expatriates and interests in France. He a...

María Encarnación Mota Carmona Grandfather's Great Aunt María Encarnación Mota Carmona, born in 1840 in Baní, Peravia, Dominican Republic, was the daughter of General Manuel de Regla Mota y Álvarez, a prominent Dominican military figure and the 5th President of the Dominican Republic (May 26, 1856 – October 8, 1856), and Ana Joaquina Carmona González. She was one of several siblings, including Ezequiel, Margarita, José Antonio, Manuel María, María Valentina, Juan Gregorio, María Altagracia, Francisco Luis, and María De La Merced Mota Carmona. Growing up in a politically influential family in Baní, María Encarnación was exposed to the turbulent political and social climate of the Dominican Republic during its formative years following independence from Haiti in 1844. Her father’s close alliance with Pedro Santana, a key figure in Dominican politics, placed the Mota family at the center of national affairs, shaping María Encarnación’s worldview and commitment to her country’s soverei...

1960 Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhUbTr-cF10 3rd cousin 3 times removed Marie de Heredia (married name: de Régnier) (20 December 1875 – 6 February 1963), also known by her maiden name Marie de Heredia or her pen-name Gérard d'Houville, was a French novelist and poet, and closely involved in the artistic circles of early twentieth-century Paris. Marie de Heredia was the second of three daughters of Cuban-born French poet José-Maria de Heredia, and from an early age she mixed with many writers and artists that came to her father's house, including Leconte de Lisle, Anna de Noailles, Paul Valéry, Pierre Louÿs and Anatole France. Though sometimes better known for her liaisons with other artists, Marie de Régnier was a very accomplished poet and novelist in her own right, "considered one of the most gifted of the bevy of women writers that her age produced".Her first attempts at poetry were written at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, where her father was ...

Interview with Paul Estrade: https://youtu.be/Rf_54vqhsKQ 1st cousin 4 times removed Severiano de Heredia (8 November 1836 – 9 February 1901) was a Cuban-born biracial politician, a freemason, a left-wing republican, naturalized as French in 1870, who was president of the municipal council of Paris from 1 August 1879 to 12 February 1880, making him the only native of the American continent who was appointed on relevant post of the Mayor of Paris[note 1] and the first mayor of African descent of a Western world capital. In 1880, he succeeded Victor Hugo in the presidency of the Philotechnical Association. He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 to 1889 and was briefly Minister of Public Works for the cabinet of Maurice Rouvier in 1887, at the time when the Eiffel Tower first started being built, where he planned and oversaw the construction of some of the finest French highways. He is a 1st cousin to both the famous Cuban-born, French poet José-Maria de Heredia and Cuban poet Jos...

(ggg-grandfather) SANTO DOMINGO, on November 21, 1795, Pres. Manuel de Regla Mota was born in Baní, the son of Antonio Mota and María Alvarez. As a young man he joined public activities. In 1844 he had the rank of colonel in the militia and joined the independence movement. Manuel de Regla Mota became one of the trusted men of President Pedro Santana. On May 26, 1856, when President Santana resigned, losing the support of some collaborators and allies, Manuel de Regla Mota was the person who took his place. A version of the time shows that political pressure and the abandonment of his friends prompted Santana to leave the Presidency, for which De Regla Mota took over, who with the country ruined due to the recent war with Haiti, and the unbacked monetary issues that had been authorized to finance them, fell into an economic crisis. Faced with this situation, President De Regla Mota, among his first measures, removed part of the military from the Army, since the Government had no funds ...