Ángel María de Saavedra y Ramírez (1791 - 1865)

Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, 3rd Duke of Rivas (10 March 1791 – 22 June 1865) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and politician who was Prime Minister of Spain in 1854. He is best known for his play Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (Don Álvaro, or the Force of Fate) (1835), the first romantic success in the Spanish theater.