Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy

The Count of Alcoy
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
14 December 1852 – 14 April 1853
MonarchIsabella II
Preceded byJuan Bravo Murillo
Succeeded byLuis José Sartorius
Personal details
Born
Federico de Roncali Ceruti

30 March 1800
Cadiz, Spain
Died4 April 1857 (aged 57)
Madrid, Spain

Don Federico de Roncali y Ceruti, 1st Count of Alcoy (30 March 1800, in Cádiz[1] – 4 April 1857, in Madrid[2][3]) was a Spanish noble, politician and military who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1852 and 1853. He held other important offices such as Captain General of Cuba[4] and Minister of State. He was also a senator for life in 1845.[5]

Alcoy was the second son of Agustín de Roncali y Martínez de Murcia, Knight of Santiago, and his wife María del Carmen Ceruti y Feit. His eldest brother was Joaquín de Roncali, 1st Marquis of Roncali, also a prominent politician in the reign of Isabella II of Spain.

  1. ^ "Federico Roncali y Ceruti". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ^ Revista Hidalguía número 31. Año 1958 (in Spanish). Ediciones Hidalguia. p. 1015. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ Toribio, José Manuel Cuenca (2007). Dos siglos de postración: política y políticos en la Andalucía contemporánea, 1810-2006 (in Spanish). Fundación José Manuel Lara. p. 87. ISBN 978-84-96556-96-6. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  4. ^ Margall, Francisco Pí y; Arsuaga, Francisco Pi y (1902). Historia de España en el siglo XIX: sucesos políticos, económicos, sociales y artísticos, acaecidos durante el mismo. Detallada narración de sus acontecimientos y extenso juicio crítico de sus jombres (in Spanish). Miguel Seguí. p. 813. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ "RONCALI CERUTI, FEDERICO. CONDE DE ALCOY". www.senado.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2024.