The Pedro Felipe (Perucho) Figueredo page

Perucho Figueredo was a lawyer, landowner, poet and musician born in 1818, in Bayamo, Oriente, Cuba. In the 1860s, he was active in the planning of the uprising against the Spanish which became known as the Ten Years' War. In 1867, he wrote La Bayamesa, which, today, is the national anthem of Cuba.

He fought in the Ten Years'War as a general under the command of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, but in 1870, was captured by the Spanish and was executed in Santiago de Cuba on October 10, of that year.

This site is for Perucho and for all his descendants.

Family Photos

• Sketch of Perucho Figueredo (33 KB)
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Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Alan Perry NC


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Pedro Felipe Figueredo y Cisneros

Related Links

• The "complete" Perucho Figueredo page