Iturbide (surname)
Encyclopedia
Iturbide is a Basque
last name, original from the region of Navarra, a province located north of Spain, bordering with France. It is Basque for "Road of the fountain".
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
last name, original from the region of Navarra, a province located north of Spain, bordering with France. It is Basque for "Road of the fountain".
Important members
- Pedro Antonio de Iturbide y Pérez, (1731-?). Spanish military and politician who lived in Mexico.
- Agustin de IturbideAgustín de IturbideAgustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...
, (1783-1824). Military and first Emperor of Mexico. He started fighting the independents with the Spanish Royal Army, later consumed the Mexican independence from Spain and was Mexico's First Emperor. - Sabas Iturbide y Mexia, (1812-1875). Mexican lawyer and politician. He was gobernor of the State of Mexico and had a very close friendship with Mexican politician Melchor OcampoMelchor OcampoMelchor Ocampo was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician.His home state was renamed Michoacán de Ocampo in his honour.-Studies:...
. He was shot and executed in Mexico City in 1875. - Luis Iturbide y Mexia, (1817-1898). Mexican doctor, businessman and politician. He was State Advisor to the Mexican government during the French Intervention in MexicoFrench intervention in MexicoThe French intervention in Mexico , also known as The Maximilian Affair, War of the French Intervention, and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by an expeditionary force sent by the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain...
, and was leader of the Liberal Party in the state of MichoacanMichoacánMichoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
. - Jose Andres Iturbide y Mexia, (1826-1858). Mexican military. He was Colonel of the Liberal Mexican Army during the Reform WarReform WarThe Reform War in Mexico is one of the episodes of the long struggle between Liberal and Conservative forces that dominated the country’s history in the 19th century. The Liberals wanted a federalist government, limiting traditional Catholic Church and military influence in the country...
He is considered a hero of the Ayutla Revolution. The town of Aguililla, MichoacanMichoacánMichoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
was renamed Iturbide to honor him. - Agustin de Iturbide y GreenAgustín de Iturbide y GreenDon Agustín de Iturbide y Green, Prince of Iturbide was the grandson of Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of independent Mexico, and his consort Empress Ana María...
, (1863-1925). Grandson of Agustin de IturbideAgustín de IturbideAgustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu , also known as Augustine I of Mexico, was a Mexican army general who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821, decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence...
and adopted son of Mexican emperor Maximilian of Habsburg. - Edmundo Iturbide Reygondaud, (1900-1974). Mexican catholic priest. Founder of the congregation of the Brothers of Mercy of Jesus Priest, a catholic order with pontificial rights.
- Miguel Estrada Iturbide, (1908-1997). Mexican lawyer and politician. Founder of the Mexican political party PAN National Action PartyNational Action Party (Mexico)The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
, along with Manuel Gomez MorinManuel Gómez MorínManuel Gómez Morín was a Mexican politician. He was a founding member of the National Action Party, and one of its theoreticians...
, Manuel Ulloa and Juan José Páramo Castro. Member of the Mexican parliament in 1964.