Miguel de Azcuenaga (1754 - 1833) Gutierrez Gallardo, J.R., "Azcuenaga - Sintesis Biografica de la vida publica y privada del Vocal Primero de la Junta Revolucionaria de 1810, Brigadier General Don Miguel de Azcuenaga". Buenos Aires, 1934 was an Argentine general who fought for the Province of Buenos Aires.
Born in Buenos Aires, he was the son of Vicente de Azcuenaga and Rosa de Basavilvaso and received a Spanish education in Malaga and Seville. On his return to Argentina he joined the army as a second lieutenant of artillery and took part in the war with the Portuguese over the Banda Oriental.
In 1802 he was promoted to the rank of colonel and became commander of the Volunteer Infantry Battalion of Buenos Aires.
In 1810, he participated in the Revolucion de Mayo and was a member of the Primera Junta.
In 1811 he was exiled to the province of San Juan for his support of Mariano Moreno. The following year he returned to Buenos Aires, where he assumed various public roles, among them Governor of Buenos Aires during the Primer Triunvirato.
In 1818 he became senior head of state and in 1819 participated in the General Congress that repudiated the Unitarian constitution which had never taken effect. In 1828 he represented Argentina in the negotiations following the war with Brazil.
Miguel de Azcuenaga's manor house in Olivos, designed by Prilidiano Pueyrredon, was inherited by Carlos Villate Olaguer, who donated it to the state on the condition that it become the official residence of the president.
Miguel's sister Flora de Azcuenaga married Gaspar de Santa Coloma, and his other sister, Ana de Azcuenaga, married Antonio de Olaguer y Feliu, Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata between 1797 and 1799.
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