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Name
  
Francisco Pelliza


Rank
  
Sergeant major

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Birth name
  
Francisco de Paula Pelliza y Molina

Battles/wars
  
British invasions of the River Plate, Battle of Ayohuma, Argentine War of Independence

Died
  
1879, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Allegiance
  
United Provinces of the River Plate

Battles and wars
  
British invasions of the River Plate, Battle of Ayohuma, Argentine War of Independence

Francisco Pelliza (1792-1879) was an Argentine military, patriot officer who fought in the Argentine War of Independence.

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Biography

Francisco Pelliza was born in Buenos Aires, son of Luis Pelliza and María Molina, belonging to a Creole family from Buenos Aires. He married at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, on September 12, 1812, with María de los Santos Fernández Castro, they had a daughter Manuela Pelliza (born in 1812), married Sinforoso Camilo Canaveris on August 17, 1826 in Santos Lugares. Her husband was the son of Manuel Canaveris, a Lieutenant of the Regiment of Patricians.

The founder of the Pelliza family was Domingo Pelliza, a Genoese merchant who had traveled to Spain in 1738. This family was related to the Domingo de Acassuso, a militia officer, born in Biscay, and founder of San Isidro, a city in the Buenos Aires Province.

Two members of the Pelliza family were related to the Pueyrredón family. José María Pelliza Gómez Rospigliosi (Colonel of the Argentine army) was married to Virginia Pueyrredón Sánchez, daughter of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón and Juana Sánchez. His daughter, Virginia Pelliza Pueyrredón was married to her relative Mariano Aurelio Pelliza, son of Francisco María Pelliza and his second wife Francisca Burgos.

Military career

Francisco Pelliza did his elementary studies in the Colegio Real de San Carlos. He began his military career after the first British invasions of the River Plate, in the Regiment of Patricians. During the wars for independence, he served in the Army of the North (Spanish: Ejército del Norte) commanded by Manuel Belgrano. On 14, November 1813, Pelliza was taken prisoner at the Battle of Ayohuma. He was imprisoned until 1820, when he was released in a prisoner exchange by General José de San Martin. In 1821, Pelliza was promoted to Captain, serving in the Escolta de Húsares.

Francisco Pelliza retired from the Army with the rank of Sergeant major. In 1831, he was appointed to occupy the post of Chief of Campaña (Alcalde) in the town of Cañuelas (Buenos Aires Province).

References

Francisco Pelliza Wikipedia