Gerardo Roxas y Arroyo
Gerardo Arroyo Roxas (fl. estimated between 1839 and 1887 – April 21, 1891 on Panay, Philippines[1]) was the father of Manuel Roxas, the fifth President of the Philippines. Roxas was also the great-grandfather of former senator and Secretary of Interior and Local Government, Mar Roxas.
Roxas served as a military soldier and servant in the Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines.
Early life[]
Roxas was born to Antonio Roxas II in Capiz, Panay Island. He was a grandson of Caetano Roxas and the great-grandson of Juan Roxas y Arroyo (the son of Antonio Roxas y Ureta and Lucina Arroyo).
Personal life and death[]
Roxas was married to Rosario Acuña y Villaruz. The couple had four children - Mamerto, Manuel, Leopoldo and Margarita. Manuel was a posthumous child, as Roxas had died after having been mortally wounded by Spanish Guardia Civil before Manuel was born.
Lineage[]
Roxas was a descendant of Antonio Roxas y Ureta, the brother of Domingo Roxas y Ureta (1782-1843) (who was a progenitor of the Roxas de Ayala and Zobel de Ayala clans).
- Antonio Roxas y Ureta - second great-grandfather
- Juan Roxas y Arroyo - great-grandfather
- Caetano Roxas - grandfather
- Antonio Roxas II - father
- Lucina Arroyo Roxas - mother
- Gerardo Roxas
- Manuel A. Roxas (1892 – 1948) - son; Philippine president
- Gerardo Manuel Roxas ("Gerry") (1924 – 1982) - grandson; Philippine senator
- Manuel Roxas II ("Mar") (b. 1957) - great-grandson; Philippine senator, former DILG secretary
- Gerardo Roxas, Jr. ("Dinggoy") (1960 – 1993) - great-grandson; Philippine congressman
- Manuel Roxas II ("Mar") (b. 1957) - great-grandson; Philippine senator, former DILG secretary
- Gerardo Manuel Roxas ("Gerry") (1924 – 1982) - grandson; Philippine senator
- Manuel A. Roxas (1892 – 1948) - son; Philippine president
- Gerardo Roxas
- Lucina Arroyo Roxas - mother
- Antonio Roxas II - father
- Caetano Roxas - grandfather
- Juan Roxas y Arroyo - great-grandfather
References[]
- Roxas family
- 1891 deaths
- Visayan people
- People from Capiz