José Nicolás de Teresa y Miranda (August 23, 1850,
Puebla, Mexico - January 11, 1902, in
Vienna, Austria
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,) was a Mexican businessman and politician. His parents were
Nicolás de Teresa y Sánchez Tamés, founder of the
Banco Mercantil Mexicano, and
Dolores Miranda Muñoz, daughter of the vice-consul of Spain in Mexico. The family of José de Teresa supported financially
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec, he was the first indigenous pre ...
during the civil wars in Mexico between the liberal and conservative parties in the 19th century.
José de Teresa married María Luisa Romero Rubio on July 2, 1886, daughter of the famous politician
Manuel Romero Rubio and sister-in-law of
Porfirio Díaz, who was the president of Mexico from 1876 to 1911. He became City Council of Mexico and Senator of
Yucatán
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.
José de Teresa was the first ambassador of Mexico in Austria when finally the diplomatic relations between the two countries were re-established after a long period of tensions following the execution of
Maximilian I of Mexico in 1867 by hands of
Benito Juarez Benito may refer to:
Places
* Benito, Kentucky, United States
* Benito, Manitoba, Canada
* Benito River, a river in Equatorial Guinea
Other uses
* Benito (name)
* ''Benito'' (1993), an Italian film
See also
* '' Benito Cereno'', a novella by ...
. José de Teresa died in
Vienna
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, and some rumors interpreted it as the Austrian revenge for the murder of Maximiliano.
José de Teresa created the Centro Mercantil, the first store to accept credit sales in Mexico.
The building that José de Teresa commanded for the Centro Mercantil was constructed in
Portal de Mercaderes and became the first in
Art Nouveau style in Mexico. It now hosts the
Grand Hotel of Mexico City, one of the most luxurious hotels in Mexico City.
References
1850 births
1902 deaths
Ambassadors of Mexico to Austria
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Mexican businesspeople
19th-century Mexican politicians
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