Born into a wealthy family of coffee plantation owners, he was sent to study medicine in Aberdeen, where he graduated as a surgeon. Montealegre was the first Costa Rican to be sent to study medicine in Europe.[2] He married twice: in 1840 to Ana Maria Mora (1819–1854), sister of the previous President Juan Rafael Mora (1849–1859), and in 1858 to Sofía Matilde Joy Redman (1823–1908), a Londoner, who was a relative of British diplomat Sir William Gore Ouseley.
He came to power following a military coup d'état against Juan Rafael Mora. In the first months of his presidency he convened a constitutional conventional, which produced the Constitution of 1859.
Under the new constitution he was popularly elected to a three-year presidential term in 1860, after which he handed on the presidency, peacefully and democratically, to Jesús Jiménez.
He suffered a political setback when a coup led by Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez deposed his brother-in-law, Bruno Carranza. Montealegre decided to leave Costa Rica, and sailed with his family on the steamer Alaska to San Francisco in 1872. He died in San Jose, California and his mortal remains laid near Mission San Jose (located in what is now Fremont, California) until they were repatriated in 1978.
josé, maría, montealegre, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, montealegre, second, maternal, family, name, fernández, fernández, march, 1815, september, 1887, president, costa, rica, from, 1859, 1863, president, costa, ricain, office, august, 1859, . In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Montealegre and the second or maternal family name is Fernandez Jose Maria Montealegre Fernandez 19 March 1815 September 26 1887 was President of Costa Rica from 1859 to 1863 1 Jose Maria MontealegrePresident of Costa RicaIn office 14 August 1859 8 May 1863Preceded byJuan Rafael MoraSucceeded byJesus Jimenez ZamoraPersonal detailsBorn19 March 1815San Jose Costa RicaDied26 September 1887 1887 09 26 aged 72 San Jose California USSpouseAna Maria Rosa Mora PorrasAlma materMarischal College University of Aberdeen Born into a wealthy family of coffee plantation owners he was sent to study medicine in Aberdeen where he graduated as a surgeon Montealegre was the first Costa Rican to be sent to study medicine in Europe 2 He married twice in 1840 to Ana Maria Mora 1819 1854 sister of the previous President Juan Rafael Mora 1849 1859 and in 1858 to Sofia Matilde Joy Redman 1823 1908 a Londoner who was a relative of British diplomat Sir William Gore Ouseley He came to power following a military coup d etat against Juan Rafael Mora In the first months of his presidency he convened a constitutional conventional which produced the Constitution of 1859 Under the new constitution he was popularly elected to a three year presidential term in 1860 after which he handed on the presidency peacefully and democratically to Jesus Jimenez He suffered a political setback when a coup led by Tomas Guardia Gutierrez deposed his brother in law Bruno Carranza Montealegre decided to leave Costa Rica and sailed with his family on the steamer Alaska to San Francisco in 1872 He died in San Jose California and his mortal remains laid near Mission San Jose located in what is now Fremont California until they were repatriated in 1978 His sister was Geronima Montealegre and his great great grandniece is actress Madeleine Stowe References edit El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones Presidentes de la Republica de Costa Rica TheBiography us TheBiography us Biography of Jose Maria Montealegre Fernandez 1815 1887 thebiography us Retrieved 2020 01 24 Political offices Preceded byJuan Rafael Mora Porras President of Costa Rica1859 1863 Succeeded byJesus Jimenez Zamora nbsp nbsp This article about a Costa Rican politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jose Maria Montealegre amp oldid 1222998722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
