José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar

José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar
José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar
Governor of Ceará
In office
October 6, 1834 – November 25, 1837
Preceded byInácio Correia de Vasconcelos
Succeeded byJoão Facundo de Castro Meneses
In office
October 20, 1840 – April 6, 1841
Preceded byJoão Facundo de Castro Meneses
Succeeded byJoão Facundo de Castro Meneses
Personal details
Born(1794-10-16)16 October 1794
Crato, Colonial Brazil
Died15 March 1860(1860-03-15) (aged 65)
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
OccupationPolitician, journalist, priest

José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar (October 16, 1794 – March 15, 1860) was a Brazilian politician, journalist and priest, father of famous Brazilian novelist José de Alencar and diplomat Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, the Baron of Alencar.

A member of the Pernambucan Revolt alongside his mother Bárbara Pereira de Alencar and brothers Tristão Gonçalves and Carlos José dos Santos, and a member of the Confederation of the Equator, he was senator of Ceará and later its governor, from 1834 to 1837, and again from 1840 to 1841.