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{{Short description|Chilean politician and military figure}}

:''This article is about the Chilean military man, for his Argentinean grandfather see [[Cornelio Saavedra]]. For the [[Bolivia]]n province of the [[Potosí Department]], see ''[[Cornelio Saavedra, Potosí]]''.''

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[[image:OcupArau.JPG|thumb|right|300px|[[Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez]] in meeting with the main [[lonco]]s of Araucania in 1869]]

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'''Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez''' ([[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] 1823 – [[7 April]] [[1891]]) was a [[Chile]]an politician and military figure that played a mayor roll in the [[Occupation of the Araucanía]].

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[[es:|name= Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez]]

|birth_date= 1821

|death_date= April 7, 1891

|image=General Cornelio Saavedra.jpg

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|birth_place=[[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]

|death_place=[[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]

|allegiance= [[Chile]]

|branch= [[Chilean Army|Army]]

|serviceyears= 1838 - 1883

|rank=Division General

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|commands= Inspector General

|battles=[[1851 Chilean Revolution]]<br>[[Occupation of Araucanía]]<br>[[War of the Pacific]]

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'''Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez''' ([[Santiago,1821 Chile|Santiago]]– 1823April – [[7, April]] [[1891]]) was a [[Chile]]an politician and military figure thatwho played a mayormajor rollrole in the [[Occupation of the Araucanía]].

His parents were Manuel Saavedra Cabrera, son of the president of the First Government of Buenos Aires in 1810 and [[Argentina|Argentine]] general, [[Cornelio Saavedra]], and Josefina Rodriguez Salcedo. He married Dorotea Rivera Serrano, daughter of Chilean General Juan de Dios Rivera and Freire de Andrade and Galeazzo Maria del Rosario Alfaro Serrano. At the age of 15 years he entered the military academy, graduating with the rank of second lieutenant of infantry in the [[Chilean Army]] in the following year. In 1837 he was assigned to Battalion Chillán, where he rose to lieutenant at the age of 17 years. In 1847 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant major<!-- that's not usually a promotion, compared to lieutenant --> and retired from active duty for health reasons in 1849. Two years later he was called to participate in the [[1851 Chilean Revolution|1851 Revolution]] to overthrow the newly elected President [[Manuel Montt]] and to repeal the 1833 Constitution. In 1857 he was appointed mayor and commander of weapons of Arauco, in whose care had to quell the uprising of the southern provinces during the revolution of 1859. That year he was reinstated to the Army with the rank of sergeant major. Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez took office as General Commander of the [[Chilean Navy]] in 1860, but left the charge the same year. In 1862 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

He was the grandson of the [[Argentina|Argentine]] general [[Cornelio Saavedra]]. At the age of 15 years he entered the [[Chilean Army]] and joined the revolts of 1851 and 1859. He took office as General Commander of the [[Chilean Navy]] in [[1860]], but left the charge that year. Later he was appointed commander in charge of the [[occupation of the Araucanía]] during its first phase.

[[imageFile:OcupArauOcupacion de la Araucanía 1869.JPG|thumb|right|300pxleft|[[Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez]] in meeting with the main [[lonco]]s of Araucania in 1869]]

Saavedra presented a draft plan to President Manuel Montt to advance Chilean territory to the south of La Frontera (consisting of the Bio Bio River), a plan that was rejected. After the incident involving the Frenchman [[Orélie-Antoine de Tounens]], self-proclaimed King of the Araucania and Patagonia declaring the territories of his "kingdom" under the protection of France, President José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano decided to occupy the area immediately approving Saavedra's plan for the [[occupation of the Araucanía]] during its first phase..

He led campaigns culminating in the submission of the Mapuche. The first phase consisted of building forts and small villages along the river Malleco, going into Mapuche territory (including the foundation of the city of Angol in 1862). The second phase (1867–1869) was decisive in advance, but the third phase in 1870 was not as successful and led to further negotiations.

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[[Category:Chilean politicians|Saavedra, Cornelio]]

After the pacification of Araucanía, he participated in the [[War of the Pacific]]. He later retired from military life was made a deputy for [[San Carlos, Chile]] (1861–1864), [[Linares, Chile]] (1864–1867), [[Calbuco Department, Chiloé|Carelmapu]] (1867–1870), [[Nacimiento, Chile]] and [[Angol]] (1870–1873) and [[Ministry of National Defense (Chile)|Minister of War]] (1879).<ref>[http://de.scribd.com/doc/94721502/Historia-del-Ejercito-de-Chile-Tomo-V-El-Ejercito-en-la-guerra-del-Pacifico-Ocupacion-de-Antofagasta-y-Campana-de-Tarapaca-1879 Historia del Ejército de Chile], page 46</ref>

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| title=[[Ministry of National Defense (Chile)#Ministers of War and Navy|Minister of War and Navy]]

| before=[[Manuel García de la Huerta]]

| after=[[Basilio Urrutia]]

| years='''1878–1879'''}}

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| title=[[Chilean Navy|Navy General Commander]]

| before=[[Juan Vidaurre-Leal]]

| after=[[Santiago Aldunate]]

| years='''1860–1861'''}}

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| title=[[Chilean Army|Army Inspector General]]

| before=[[Manuel Baquedano]]

| after=[[Emilio Sotomayor]]

| years='''1881–1883'''}}

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