Batlle y Ordóñez, brother of ex president José Batlle. His mother, Petrona Berres, was of Irish descent and died when he was still a small child. Then, his father remarried but died soon after, in 1908. As a result, he went to live with his uncle, José Batlle y Ordóñez, the three-time President of Uruguay, and his cousins César, Rafael and Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco on the Piedras Blancas estate in the suburbs of Montevideo. In 1927, he married Matilde Ibáñez Tálice, with whom he had three children: the also ex president Jorge Batlle, concert pianist Luis Batlle and Matilde Linda Batlle, the latter born in Argentina. He was a member of the Colorado Party. Bibliography See also List of political families#Uruguay Tomás Berreta#Death and succession References External links Presidents of Uruguay Vice presidents of Uruguay Presidents of the Senate of Uruguay Uruguayan vice-presidential candidates Uruguayan people of Catalan descent Uruguayan people of Irish descent 1897 births 1964 deaths Presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay Presidents of the National Council of Government (Uruguay) Place of birth missing Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Burials at the Central Cemetery of Montevideo