Francisco Pizarro Martínez

Francisco Pizarro Martínez
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States
In office
17 October 1837 – 9 February 1840[1]
Preceded by Joaquín María del Castillo (interim)[1]
Succeeded by Joaquín Velázquez de León (interim)[1]
Personal details
Born Francisco Xavier de la Paz Pizarro Martínez[2]
24 January 1787
Mexico City
Died 9 February 1840 (aged 53)
Washington, D.C.
Resting place Mount Olivet Cemetery, section 61, lot 62.[3]
38°54′41″N 76°58′46″W / 38.911372°N 76.979449°W
Nationality Mexican
Spouse(s) Marie Thérèse Visoso (m. 1814)[2]
Children Victoria (1815), Juan Bautista Francisco (1816-1819), Mauricio Carlos Francisco Antonio (1819), Antoinette Victoria Luisa (1823-1853), Francisco Xavier Luis (1824-1889), Sebastian (1827-1878), Teresa (1829), Eugenio Juan Bautista Evaristo (1830), Teresa Helena (1833-1895).[2]
Parents Timoteo Antonio Pizarro and Antonia San Martin
Religion Roman Catholic[4]
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pizarro and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Francisco Xavier de la Paz Pizarro Martínez (24 January 1787 – 9 February 1840) was a Mexican diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States from 17 October 1837 until his death on 9 February 1840.[1] Previously, Pizarro served as Mexican consul to New Orleans.

Biography

Francisco Pizarro was born in Mexico City on 24 January 1787 to Timoteo Antonio Pizarro López and Antonia San Martín Pérez, a Spanish couple from Alcántara, Extremadura, and Cádiz, respectively.[5] At 27, he married Marie Thérèse Visoso, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and daughter of a Galician immigrant, on 27 April 1814.[2]

In 1833, as Mexican consul of New Orleans, Pizarro refused entry to blacks and other "people of color" to the then-Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas, claiming that they were slaves in disguise and inherently lazy and immoral.[6] After the Texas Revolution, he negotiated a prisoner exchange with Stephen F. Austin in the winter of 1836.[7]

On May 1837, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States by President Anastasio Bustamante.[8] As envoy, he negotiated the Convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States of America upon the Government of the Mexican Republic with John Forsyth in 1838.[9]

Shortly thereafter, Pizarro died while on duty on 9 February 1840, at the age of 53, in Washington, D.C.. The President of the United States, his cabinet, and members of the diplomatic corps were present at his Catholic funeral.[10] He was originally interred behind the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier on College Ground (a burial ground of the Holy Trinity Church) in the historical neighborhood of Georgetown.[4] In 1953, when Georgetown University cleared the cemetery for the construction of new buildings,[4] his remains were transferred to Mount Olivet Cemetery.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Johnson, Raymond. "Francisco Pizarro Martínez". Stewart-de Jaham Genealogy Pages. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lebeau, Ed. "Francisco Pizarro Martínez". Find A Grave. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fletcher, Carlton (July–September 2002). "Holy Rood Cemetery". Glover Park History: Historical Sketches of Glover Park, Upper Georgetown, & Georgetown Heights. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Sanchiz Ruiz, Javier E. "Family tree of Francisco Pizarro Martínez". Geneanet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ González Navarro, Moisés (1997). "Racism and Mestizaje". In Rodríguez, Jaime E.; Vincent, Kathryn. Common Border, Uncommon Paths: Race, Culture, and National Identity in U.S.-Mexican Relations. University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8420-2673-4. OCLC 228659739. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Austin, Stephen F. (30 November 1836). "Letter to Francisco Pizarro Martinez". The Portal to Texas History. The University of North Texas Libraries. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Public documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States 1. Washington, D.C., United States of America: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1838. pp. 152–153. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Acts and Resolutions Passed at the First Session of the 26th Congress of the United States of America. Washington, D.C., United States of America: S. D. Langtree. 1840. pp. 111–118. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  10. ↑ http://archives.nd.edu/calendar/cal1840.htm