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1877
Juan Manuel de Rosas: Juan Manuel de Rosas by Norris
Juan Manuel de Rosas. Helen Bramwell Norris. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Died
14 March 1877
Place
Southampton, England
Field
Military; governor of Buenos Aires · Military on the timeline
Legal tradition
Argentine civil law; English common law at death · Common law · Civil law
Historical event
Battle of Caseros, 3 February 1852
Religion
Juan Manuel de Rosas: Catholic (recorded as Catholicism on Wikidata; Argentine Roman Catholics on Wikipedia)
Member of
Federalist Party (Wikidata)
Military familiesMurder and sudden deathSeized by the stateIndustry and empireEuropeUnited Kingdom

Argentina confiscated Rosas's property and sentenced him to death; he died a tenant farmer in England and was reburied in 1989

Juan Manuel de Rosas governed Buenos Aires and led the Argentine Confederation until Justo José de Urquiza defeated him at Caseros on 3 February 1852. He sheltered in the British legation and sailed to England. Argentina confiscated his properties. In 1857 the Buenos Aires legislature declared him a traitor to the nation, and Judge Sixto Villegas sentenced him to death and ordered restitution. In exile he rented the 140-acre Burgess Farm at Swaythling near Southampton. Urquiza, his former enemy, sent him money, and after Urquiza was killed in 1870 his widow kept paying. Rosas signed his will in Southampton on 28 August 1862 and named Lord Palmerston as an executor. He died of pneumonia on 14 March 1877 with his daughter Manuelita present, and was buried in Southampton. On 30 October 1973 the legislature withdrew the charges. His remains were exhumed on 21 September 1989 and flown home by the Argentine Air Force under President Carlos Menem. They reached Buenos Aires on 1 October 1989. In 2026 they lie in the family vault at La Recoleta cemetery.

What the law took from it

A ruler's land at home could be confiscated by statute, while a rented farm abroad and gifts from his enemy supported him for 25 years.

Sources
  1. infobae.comPress
  2. infobae.comPress
  3. Wikipedia (Spanish)Encyclopedia
  4. Wikipedia (English)Encyclopedia

Cite as: celebrity.estate, “Argentina confiscated Rosas's property and sentenced him to death; he died a tenant farmer in England and was reburied in 1989,” story s90, https://www.celebrity.estate/rosas-1877, updated 30 October 2026.

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