Francisco Antonio Pinto

Birth Name: Francisco Antonio Pinto y Díaz de la Puente

Date of Birth: 23 July, 1785

Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile

Date of Death: 18 July, 1858

Place of Death: Santiago, Chile

Ethnicity: Chilean – Spanish [Andalusian, Canary Islander, Cantabrian, Castilian, Extremaduran, Leónese], Basque, 3/512 Italian

Francisco Antonio Pinto was a Chilean politician. He served as the 4th President of Chile, from 8 May, 1827 to 16 July, 1829, and again, from 19 October, 1829 to 2 November, 1829.

He was the son of Mercedes Diaz de la Puente y Darrigrande and Joaquín Fernández Pinto. His father was a Spanish emigrant, from Los Tojos, Cantabria. His mother was Chilean, from Santiago. President Pinto was married to Maria Luisa Garmendia Alurralde. Their third great-grandson was politician and businessperson Sebastián Piñera, who also served as President of Chile, from 11 March, 2010 to 11 March, 2014, and again, from 11 March, 2018 to 11 March, 2022.

President Pinto’s paternal grandfather was named Manuel Fernández.

President Pinto’s paternal grandmother was María Pinto de las Conchas (the daughter of Juan Pinto and María de las Conchas).

President Pinto’s maternal grandfather was Juan Antonio Díaz de la Puente y Cossio (the son of Manuel Díaz de la Puente y de la Cueva and Catalina Cossio Rubín). Juan Antonio was a Spanish emigrant, from Cabuérniga, Cantabria. Manuel was the son of Domingo Díaz de la Puente y Gutiérrez and Catalina de la Cueva y Sánchez. President Pinto’s great-grandmother Catalina was the daughter of Pedro de Cossio and Francisca Rubín.

President Pinto’s maternal grandmother was Isabel Darrigrande Mendibel (the daughter of Juan Daniel Darrigrande García and María del Carmen Rosa Mendibel Jaraquemada). Juan was Basque, from Pasaia, Gipuzkoa, and was the son of Juan Darrigrande and Ana García de Iribarren. Carmen was the daughter of Spanish immigrant, Tomás de Mendibel, and of Antonia Jaraquemada Amasa.

President Pinto’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his eighth great-grandmother, Isabel Vergara.

Source: Genealogy of Francisco Antonio Pinto – https://www.geni.com