José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar (October 16, 1794 – March 15, 1860) was a Brazilian politician, journalist and priest, father of famous Brazilian novelist
José de Alencar
José Martiniano de Alencar (May 1, 1829 – December 12, 1877) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist. He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, ...
and diplomat
Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, the Baron of Alencar.
A member of the
Pernambucan Revolt alongside his mother
Bárbara Pereira de Alencar and brothers Tristão Gonçalves and Carlos José dos Santos, and a member of the
Confederation of the Equator, he was senator of
Ceará
Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...
and later its governor, from 1834 to 1837, and again from 1840 to 1841.
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Report of the governor of the province of Ceará opening the second session of the Legislative Assembly on August 1, 1836
1794 births
1860 deaths
People from Crato, Ceará
Governors of Ceará
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
Brazilian journalists
Male journalists
Members of the Senate of the Empire of Brazil
19th-century Brazilian male artists
19th-century Brazilian politicians
20th-century Brazilian male writers
19th-century Brazilian Roman Catholic priests
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