Miguel Miramón

Background

Miguel Miramón was born on September 29, 1832, in Mexico City.

Education

Miramón was educated at a military school.

Career

Then he served in the Mexican army in the battles against the United States in 1847 and rose to the rank of colonel in 1855. The next year he participated in the struggle against the Liberal forces led first by the provisional president Ignacio Comonfort and later by Comonfort’s successor, Benito Juárez. In the bitter, three-year civil war (1857–1860) that ensued, Miramón succeeded Félix Zuloaga as leader and as temporary president of Mexico.

When Liberal troops took Mexico City in December 1860, Miramón fled to Cuba and then to Europe. There he entered into negotiations with Napoleon III of France, who, for imperialistic reasons, persuaded Archduke Maximilian of Austria to assume the crown of Mexico. Miramón returned to Mexico in 1863 as the grand marshal of Maximilian’s empire. He served as the Mexican minister to Germany (1864–1866) but rushed back to Mexico when it appeared that Maximilian would abdicate his tottering throne. Miramón was instrumental in persuading the Emperor to continue the struggle and was appointed one of the leaders of the imperial army. Defeated by the forces of Juárez at Querétaro, he was taken prisoner and executed on a nearby hill with the Emperor on June 19, 1867.

Achievements

• Miguel Miramón was an influential leader of the forces, that briefly established Maximilian as the emperor of Mexico.

Connections

In 1858, Miguel Miramón married Concepción Lombardo. They had several children.

Father:

Bernardo de Miramón y Arreguivar

Mother:

Carmen Tarelo y Segundo de la Calleja

Sister:

Maria del Rosario Miramón y Tarelo

Sister:

Maria del Carmen Miramón y Tarelo

Sister:

Soledad de los Dolores Miramón y Tarelo

Sister:

Maria de la Paz Miramón y Tarelo

Sister:

Guadalupe de la Luz Miramón y Tarelo

Sister:

María de la Luz Miramón y Tarelo

Wife:

Concepción Lombardo Gil de Partearroyo

Daughter:

Carmen Miramón Lombardo

Daughter:

Dolores Miramón Lombardo

Daughter:

Guadalupe Miramón Lombardo

Daughter:

Trinidad Miramón Lombardo

Daughter:

Concepcion Miramón Lombardo

Son:

Miguel Miramón Lombardo

Son:

Rafael Miramón Lombardo

Brother:

Mariano de Jesus Lazaro Miramón y Tarelo

Brother:

Carlos Miramón y Tarelo