Enrique Zobel de Ayala
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| Born |
Enrique Zóbel de Ayala October 9, 1877 Seville, Spain |
| Died | February 17, 1943 (aged 65) Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Nationality |
Filipino Spanish |
| Education | Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Real Colegio Alfonso XII |
Enrique Zóbel de Ayala (October 9, 1877 – February 17, 1943), was a Spanish Filipino industrialist and philanthropist who became the first patriarch of the Zóbel de Ayala family. He was also one of the leaders in the Philippine Falange during the 1930s and 1940s.
Zóbel was born in Seville, Spain, on October 9, 1877 to Jacobo Zóbel y Zangroniz and Trindad de Ayala y Róxas. He had a twin named, Alfonso, who died the age of five. His other siblings were Fernando Antonio, Margarita and Gloria (who died a few months after her birth).
He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Real Colegio Alfonso XII in El Escorial, Spain. He pursued postgraduate studies at Liceo de San Luis and the Collège Sainte-Barbe, Paris. He was very much interested in engineering and mining, so he also took courses at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Paris from 1897 to 1901. He also pursued the study of painting in the French capital.
He married his cousin Consuelo Róxas de Ayala in Manila on October 16, 1901. The couple had three children - Jacobo (father of Enrique J. Zóbel), Alfonso (father of Jaime Zóbel de Ayala) and Mercedes. The union was short-lived after Consuelo succumbed to cholera on September 25, 1907 at the age of 30.
He was a widower for three years when he met Fermina Montojo de Torrontegui. She was the daughter of the Spanish admiral Patricio Montojo, who led the Spanish fleet against Commodore George Dewey in the Battle of Manila Bay. They were married on November 12, 1911 and had four children - Matilde, Consuelo, Gloria, and Fernando (and namesake of his brother, Fernando Antonio).
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