Miguel Primo de Rivera
ABOUT MIGUEL PRIMO DE RIVERA
Dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during Spain's Restoration era. His slogan was "Country, Religion, Monarchy." He served during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
He studied history and engineering before deciding upon a military career. He won admission to the newly created General Military Academy in Toledo and graduated in 1884.
The decline of the economy contributed to his forced resignation in 1930.
His father was a retired colonel and his uncle, Fernando, was Captain General in Madrid and the soon-to-be first marquess of Estella. He was married to Casilda Sáenz de Heredia from 1902 to 1908. She died giving birth to their last child. They had six children, José Antonio, Miguel, María, Pilar, Ángela, and Fernando.
His great-grandfather was Bértrand Primo de Rivera, a general and hero of the Spanish Resistance against Napoleon Bonaparte .
