Gerardo Roxas y Luis


Gerardo Roxas y Luis was the father of Manuel Roxas, the fifth President of the Philippines. Roxas was also the great-grandfather of former senator and Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, Mar Roxas.
Roxas served as a military soldier and servant in the Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines.

Early life

Roxas was born to Antonio Roxas and Francesca Luis in Capiz, Panay Island. He was a grandson of Caetano Rojas and the great-grandson of Juan Pablo Rojas y Arroyo. He has a brother named Faustino.

Personal life and death

Roxas was married to Rosario Acuña y Villaruz. The couple had two children - Mamerto and Manuel. Manuel was a posthumous child, as Roxas had died after having been mortally wounded by Spanish Guardia Civil before Manuel was born.

Lineage

Roxas was a descendant of the Spaniard Antonio Rojas y Ureta, the brother of Domingo Roxas y Ureta a pioneer of Philippine nationalism and a progenitor of the Roxas de Ayala and Zobel de Ayala clans)