Rafael Balanzat y Baranda information

Rafael Balanzat y Baranda (23 December 1820, Madrid – 24 October 1854) was a Spanish writer, military man and Knight Laureate. He was born in Madrid on 23 December 1820 and died in Tarifa, Cadiz on 24 October 1854. Of noble Ibizan family, he was the son of the Inspector General of Infantry and Marshal of the Spanish Army, Ignacio Balanzat de Orvay y Briones and María Dolores de Baranda y Cajigal, and younger brother of Colonel José Balanzat y Baranda. He was the father of the Marchioness of Najera who was a friend and chambermaid of the Infanta Isabel, María Dolores Balanzat y Bretagne.