Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas

The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Positions recorded include member of the Congress of Deputies and ambassador of Spain to France. Works named in the authority record are Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of Santiago, Knights Hospitaller and Order of the Golden Fleece.

• Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Name — The Duke of Rivas • Honorific Suffix — GE • Order — Prime Minister of Spain • Monarch — Isabella II • Term Start — 18 July 1854 • Term End — 19 July 1854 • Predecessor — Fernando Fernández de Córdova • Successor — Baldomero Espartero • Office2 — Seat c of the Real Academia Española • Term Start2 — 24 February 1847 • Term End2 — 22 June 1865 • Predecessor2 — Seat established • Successor2 — Antonio Cánovas del Castillo • Office3 — Director of the Real Academia Española • Term Start3 — 20 February 1862 • Term End3 — 22 June 1865 • Predecessor3 — Francisco Martínez de la Rosa • Successor4 — Mariano Roca de Togores • Birth Name — Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano • Born — 10 March 1791 • Birthplace — Córdoba, Spain • Died — 22 June 1865 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Resting Place — Saint Isidore Cemetery • Party — Realista Moderado

De Saavedra fought in the war of independence and was also a prominent member of the advanced Liberal party from 1820 to 1823. In 1823, Rivas was condemned to death for his liberal views and fled to England. He lived successively in Italy, Malta and France, until the death of Ferdinand VII in 1833 and the amnesty of 1834, when he returned to Spain, shortly afterwards succeeding his brother as Duke of Rivas. In 1835 he became minister of the interior under Isturiz, and along with his chief had again to leave the country. Returning in 1837, he joined the moderate party, became prime minister, and was subsequently ambassador at Paris and Naples and director of the Real Academia Española. In 1813 he published Ensayos poéticos, and between that time and his first exile several of his tragedies (the most notable being Alatar, 1814, and Lanuza, 1822) were put upon the stage. Traces of foreign influence are observable in El Moro expósito (1833), a narrative poem dedicated to John Hookham Frere; these are still more marked in Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (first played on 22 March 1835 in Madrid), a drama which emerged from heated literary controversy. Don Álvaro is of historical importance inasmuch as it established the new French romanticism in Spain. The play was used as the basis of Francesco Maria Piave's libretto for Verdi's opera La forza del destino (1862). As a poet, Rivas's best-known work is Romances históricos (1841), adaptions of popular legends in ballad form.

He married María de la Encarnación de Cueto y Ortega (1806–1885) and had 9 children, including: • Enrique Ramírez de Saavedra y de Cueto (1828–1914), 4th Duke of Rivas • Gonzalo de Saavedra y Cueto (1831–1899), mayor of Madrid

Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas was recorded at birth as Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano. The authorities additionally record the heading Duque de Rivas, Angel de Saavedra. His recorded language was Spanish. He married María de la Encarnación Cueto. 3 children are recorded: Gonzalo de Saavedra y Cueto, Enrique de Saavedra and Teobaldo de Saavedra y Cueto.

His work is associated with Romanticism and Neoclassicism. Recorded positions include member of the Congress of Deputies, ambassador of Spain to France, president of the State Council, President of the Council of Ministers and ministro de Gobernación. He belonged to Royal Spanish Academy and Royal Academy of History. He worked at Madrid.