Colonel Furcy Fondeur Lajeunesse (1814 – 22 November 1892) was a French-born Dominican Republic military man and politician.
Furcy Fondeur | |
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| Minister of Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic | |
| President | José María Cabral |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1814 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 November 1892 (aged 78) Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| Spouse(s) | Jacinta Castro, María Luisa Fernández |
| Children | 15 |
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| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel |
Born in France, his family moved to the Spanish Captaincy General of Santo Domingo around 1820. His father was Louis Fondeur and his mother was Marguerite LaJeunesse, Comtesse De La Juvenile; he had 5 siblings. He married Jacinta Castro and had 5 children, he was widowed and remarried to María Luisa Fernández Fernández (1837–1895) and had 10 children.[1]
He resettled in Moca, where he took up arms against the invading Haitian army in the Battle of Santiago, during the Dominican War of Independence.
On 14 September 1863, Fondeur signed the Act of the Independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain, and fought in the Dominican Restoration War as a colonel; he is considered a hero of the Battle of Santiago (1863). He was designated Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1867. Fondeur Lajeunesse was also president of the City Council of Santiago de los Caballeros.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Penzo Pichardo, Mario Augusto (2005). Mario Penzo Fondeur: Una vida dedicada al servicio de la ingeniería (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar.
- ^ Ventura, Juan (1996). Presidentes de la República Dominicana (1844-1996) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Fundación Brugal. pp. 24–26.
- ^ Tineo, Héctor. "Declaran restaurada la Independencia de la República Dominicana". Vanguardia del Pueblo (in Spanish). Dominican Liberation’s Party. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015.