Miguel de Irigoyen

Miguel Remigio de Irigoyen (2 October 1764 – 11 June 1822) was an Argentine soldier and police chief during the period when Argentina was gaining independence from Spain. Family Miguel Remigio de Irigoyen de la Quintana Riglos was born on 2 October 1764 in Buenos Aires. His paternal grandfather was Juan Martín de Irigoyen, born in Azpilkueta in Baztan, Navarre on 3 September 1689, deputy in Elizondo, Navarre, in 1734. Miguel's father was Ignacio Irigoyen Echenique, born in Azpilkueta on 11 March 1728, who held various civic offices in Buenos Aires including being mayor in 1763 and 1776. He died in Buenos Aires on 22 February 1784. His mother was Francisca de la Quintana Riglos, born in Buenos Aires on 26 September 1734. Her parents were Nicolás de la Quintana y Echevarría, born in Bilbao on 24 September 1693, and Leocadia de Riglos y Gaeta, born in Buenos Aires on 29 June 1710. Miguel was the second of 13 children. His older brother was Juan Antonio Mariano Francisco Irigoyen de la Quintana (7 June 1761 – 4 May 1815). Younger siblings included Basilio Ignacio Irigoyen de la Quintana (14 June 1772 – 15 October 1833), María Petrona Irigoyen de la Quintana (19 October 1778 – 1829) and Matías Ramón de Irigoyen de la Quintana (25 February 1781 – 20 September 1839). On 22 December 1809 he married Ana Estefanía Dominga Riglos. They had no children.