Francisco Lugo-Viña Molina
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| Francisco Lugo-Viña Molina | |
|---|---|
| Full name
Francisco Estanislao Timoteo de Lugo Viña y Molina | |
| Born | January 24, 1752 La Orotava |
| Died | March 13, 1809 Holy Cross of La Palma |
| Spouse(s) | María de las Nieves Massieu y Fierro (m. 1770-1774), Águeda de Herrera-Leiva y Sotomayor (m. 1804-1809) |
| Father | Francisco Estanislao Antonio Benitez de Lugo Viña y Franchi Alfaro |
| Mother | Maria Rosa de Molina y Briones |
| Occupation | Military Officer, Politician, Mayor |
Francisco Estanislao Timoteo de Lugo Viña y Molina (January 24, 1752 - 1809; born in La Orotava, Spain) was an officer and nobleman from Tenerife. He was the brother of José de Lugo-Viña y Molina (1754-1835), a Spanish diplomat.[1][2] He came from one of the oldest and most prestigious families of the Canary Islands, dating back to the conqueror Alonso Fernández de Lugo.[3]
Life and family[edit]
Molina was a bibliophile and publicist who according to a research paper by Antonio Lorenzo Tena, made a report in 1787 about the economic situation of La Palma, where he proposed some reforms to improve agriculture, trade and industry. He also suggested creating a Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País on the island, but his project was not approved by the authorities. He was influenced by the ideas of Adam Smith and other Enlightenment thinkers.
He was the son of Francisco Estanislao de Lugo Viña y Alfaro and María Rosa de Molina y Briones. He was the grandson of the IV. Marqueses de Villafuerto and the great-grandson of Polonia de Ponte y Castilla, who in turn was the daughter of the I Marqueses de Adeje. He had 12 siblings, some of whom also held important positions in the military or in the Catholic Church.
He married the Palmera María de las Nieves Massieu(-Van Dalle) y Fierro (1744-1774) in October 1770 and had three children: María Rosa, Francisco Felipe and Sebastián Felipe. His great-great grandson is the composer Teobaldo Power. He seems to have had a good relationship with his family, dedicating some of his books to his children or his father.[4]
Molina moved his residence temporarily to La Palma in January 1774, probably because his wife died that month at the age of thirty. He married again at Los Remedios in La Laguna in March 1804 to Doña Águeda de Herrera-Leiva y Sotomayor, with whom he had no children.
In 1787 he collaborated with Don Francisco Bautista de Lugo y Saavedra, Don Juan de Monteverde y Molina, and Don Juan Antonio de Urtusáustegui Lugo-Viña in the drafting of a report relative to the constitution of a company for the export of local wines, called "Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País". But all his initiatives, his own and collective, finally failed, being owed and pursued judicial mind, so in 1791 he retired to the island of La Palma, a refuge and consolation of all their troubles, with the sole product of their majorities, thus achieving mitithe relentless pressure of his many creditors to whom he supplied small amounts, convinced that the debtor possessed no other property than the link.
He died in 1809.
Portrait[edit]
He was portrayed around 1800 by an unknown painter, probably associated with Luis de la Cruz y Ríos. The portrait shows him in a three-quarter view, dressed in the uniform of the provincial militia. He is in a room bound on one side by a library. On the table, the care taken in the treatment of the small details is striking, as is the work of the suit. Molina has an energetic gaze and seems to be questioning the viewer, extending one of his arms in perfect foreshortening, achieving great depth. In the background, through a window, you can see a landscape full of symbolism for every Canary: the figure of Teide.
The portrait is in the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Family history[edit]
The line of Lugo-Viña split from the main line of Benítez de Lugo (the third line) in the second marriage union of Francisco Benítez de Pereyra de Lugo,[5] son of the nephew of the first Adelantado Alonso Fernández de Lugo con Isabel de Cabrera Llarena,[5] with Isabel de Cabrera Llarena. The great-grandson of these two, Antonio Benítez de Lugo y Peña married Isabel Viña de Vergara (whose great-great-grandfather Mateo Viña Negron (originally Bigna Negrone)[6][7][8] was one of the Genoese financiers of the conquest of Tenerife and received important estates from the Adelantado) and their descendants henceforth called themselves Lugo-Viña, until four generations later to Francisco de Lugo-Viña y Molina.
He was also a direct descendant of Cristóbal Ponte (1447-1531), a Genoese banker who participated in the conquest of Tenerife and was rewarded with rich properties. He founded the city of Garachico and its port in 1496. His great-great-grandson Bartolomé de Ponte y Calderón married Maria Ana Fonte Pages and had a son named Jeronimo de Ponte Fonte Pages. He had a daughter Antonia Nicolasa de Ponte Grimaldi Rizo, grandmother of Francisco Estanislao de Lugo Viña y Alfaro, father of Francisco Timoteo.[9]
The latter was a first cousin of the renowned Canarian engineer Agustín de Betancourt. He was also a second cousin of Domingo de Monteverde (1773–1832) a Spanish soldier, governor and Captain General of Venezuela.
The coat of arms of his family is based on the coat of arms of the municipality of La Orotava, which in turn is based on the coat of arms of Benítez de Lugo.
Time in the Militias[edit]
Molina joined the island's militias on September 30, 1762 and also became Captain of the Provincial Regiment of La Orotava by royal title of December 31, 1775. King Carlos III conferred on him the habit of the Military Orders of Calatrava and he carried out the tests of legitimacy and nobility required by his statutes in February 1779. In 1789, the year of his retirement from military service is mentioned in a document of the Regiment of Abona.
Political career[edit]
Francisco Lugo Viña Molina was the Mayor of Puerto de la Cruz, a town on the north coast of Tenerife in 1789.
He campaigned for free trade and economic development in the Canary Islands. He had contacts with various personalities of Spanish and European political life, such as Jovellanos or Godoy. However, he was not an active politician and devoted himself primarily to his scientific interests.
Works[edit]
He wrote a treatise on agriculture in Tenerife entitled "Memoria sobre el estado de la agricultura en la isla de Tenerife" in 1789. He also translated the work "Historia natural y moral de las Indias" by José de Acosta from Latin into Spanish in 1792. He also had an extensive library with more than 2000 books on various subjects such as philosophy, history, natural sciences and literature.[4]
Sources[edit]
- Lorenzo Tena, Antonio (12 July 2004). "La biblioteca de un ilustrado canario: don Francisco de Lugo-Viña y Molina (1752-1809)". Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII (14): 67–88. doi:10.17811/cesxviii.14.2004.67-88.
- "Lugo-Viña y Molina, José de (1754-1835)". MCNBiografias.com.
References[edit]
- ↑ "José de Lugo y Molina | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Lugo-Viña y Molina, José de (1754-1835). » MCNBiografias.com". www.mcnbiografias.com.
- ↑ Cabrera Benítez, Javier (2018). "La rama mayor de la familia Benítez de Lugo: un estudio de historia familiar a través del fondo documental Benítez, perteneciente a la Biblioteca Municipal de Santa Cruz de Tenerife" (in español).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lorenzo Tena 2004.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Apellido Benítez de Lugo" (in español). 12 January 2012. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ Imagen@elpaiscanario.com (2020-08-13). "Canarias. Marco social y económico de la sociedad colonial (II)". Elpaíscanario.com (in español). Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ García, Eduardo Pedro (2012-12-27). "VIENDOLAS PASAR: TACORONTE-CAPITULO III". VIENDOLAS PASAR. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Rosendo García-Ramos y Bretillard. Letras centenarias: los guanches y otras aficiones: ANTIGÜEDADES CANARIAS: CONQUISTADORES Y CONQUISTADOS (V)". Rosendo García-Ramos y Bretillard. Letras centenarias. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Garachico - Cristóbal de Ponte". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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