Francisco Manuel Rui-Gómez y Dañobeitia, 5th Marquess of San Isidro, OM (28 September 18045 August 1885) was a Spanish peer, army officer, politician and intellectual who fought for the Liberals in the

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and later served as

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for the

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as well as

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in 1864.

Early life

Born ''Francisco Manuel María Wenceslao'' in

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, into one of the most influential noble houses of León. His father, Francisco de Paula Rui-Gómez y de Prado, 4th Marquess of San Isidro, was posted there as

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of the Royal Spanish Armies at the time he was born. His ancestor, Pablo Rui-Gómez Lasso de la Vega y Balmaseda, had been granted the title of Marquess of San Isidro in 1730 by the king

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, in recognition to his

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of the Basílica of San Isidoro in León.

Military career

Political career

Marriage and issue

Rui-Gómez married María del Carmen de Riobóo y Roldán, Countess of Taboada (d. 1839). They had one child: *Nicolás María Rui-Gómez y Riobóo (1830–1869), married to his first cousin, Francisca de Riobóo y Álvarez (1837–1918)

Heraldry

File:Coat of Arms of Francisco Manuel Rui-Gómez, 5th Marquess of San Isidro.svg, Coat of Arms of Francisco Manuel Rui-Gómez as Marquess of San Isidro (1847-1885)

References

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{{Commons category, Marquesses of San Isidro
Ancestors of Francisco Manuel Rui-Gómez, 5th Marquess of San Isidro
1804 births 1885 deaths Conservative Party (Spain) politicians