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José García de León y Pizarro

Spanish politician (1770-1835)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ6292326 ↗
Source-derived summary

José García de León y Pizarro (19 October 1770 in Madrid – 1835 in Madrid) was Minister of State (First Secretary of State) of Spain from 30 October 1816 to 14 September 1818. He married Maria Mercedes Avila and had a son, Rafael Garcia. He was a member of the Senate as a Hero of the Kingdom from 1834 to 1835. Prior to this, he briefly emigrated and settled in France from 1823 to 1830 after he was exiled.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “José García de León y Pizarro” as spanish politician (1770-1835). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1770, 1835, 1816, 1818—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1770-10-19. The account is most persuasive where José, García and León can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as spanish politician (1770-1835). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6292326. VIAF identifies the subject as 7700982. The Library of Congress control number is nr2005014284. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1770, 1835, 1816 and 1818.

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This entry incorporates text from “José García de León y Pizarro” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.