José Antonio Primo de Rivera to try to rescue José Antonio. Either way the death of the founder of Falange rid the general of a formidable rival. Perhaps tellingly, it was well known that the two men disliked each other. After one of the two meetings they had, Franco dismissed José Antonio as "a playboy pinturero" (a foppish playboy). Elizabeth Bibesco's last novel, "The Romantic", published in 1940, starts with a dedication to Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, whom she had known during her stay in Madrid where her husband, Prince Antoine Bibesco was an ambassador (1927–1931): “To Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. I promised
Pedro de Rivera y Villalón in 1730, and subsequent restoration in the San Antonio River in 1731. Pedro de Rivera y Villalón Pedro de Rivera y Villalón was a brigadier general in the Spanish army, which was sent to New Mexico in 1724 to inspect the frontier defenses of New Spain. Pedro de Rivera y Villalón was born between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. In his youth, he joined the Spanish army, in which, over time, he managed to ascend to the rank of general. In 1724, the Spanish crown sent him to New Mexico in order to inspect the defenses on the