Roberto Sacasa

Roberto Sacasa Sarria (1840 – 1896) was the President of Nicaragua from 5 August 1889 to 1 January 1891 and again the 46th from 1 March 1891 to 11 July 1893.

He was the son of Juan Bautista Sacasa Méndez and wife Casimira Sarria Montealegre, daughter of Ramón de Sarria y Reyes and wife Francisca Montealegre Romero, daughter of Mariano Ignacio Montealegre Balmaceda and wife Casimira Romero Sáenz, daughter of Cecilio Antonio Romero Parajeles and wife Bárbara Sáenz Bonilla, daughter of Manuel Sáenz Vázquez and wife Ana Antonia Bonilla Astúa, daughter of Juan Bonilla Pereira and wife Francisca Astúa Cháves de Alfaro, daughter of Juan Astúa and wife Ana Cháves de Alfaro, married secondly to Juan de Vidamartel and daughter of Cristóbal de Cháves and wife María de Alfaro, daughter of Cristóbal de Alfaro and wife Catalina Gutiérrez Xaramillo.

He was a relative of Silvestre Selva Sacasa, 17th President of Nicaragua, and Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa, 67th President of Nicaragua.

Sacasa, a member of the Conservative Party, had many problems due to a split within the conservatives. A rebellion by ex-president Joaquín Zavala in 1893 led to liberal José Santos Zelaya coming to power, ending 35 years of conservative rule.

He married his cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra and had:

• Juan Bautista Sacasa Sacasa, 63rd President of Nicaragua married María Argüello-Manning, a cousin of Leonardo Argüello, 66th President of Nicaragua, and had:
  • Maruca Sacasa-Argüello
  • Carlos Sacasa-Argüello
  • Roberto Sacasa-Argüello
  • Gloria Sacasa-Argüello

• Dolores Sacasa Sacasa, married to Ramón Sevilla Castellón, and had:
  • Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa (b. León, Nicaragua)
  • Alberto Sevilla-Sacasa (b. León, Nicaragua)
  • Oscar Sevilla-Sacasa(b. León, Nicaragua)
  • Edda Sevilla-Sacasa (b. León, Nicaragua)
  • Ligia Sevilla-Sacasa(b. León, Nicaragua)
  • Julia Sevilla-Sacasa(b. Managua, Nicaragua) married to Vladimir Nikolaevich Kudriavtsev (married 1965-divorced in 1970) and have two children. Later she married Henri Alexandre DeBayle-Sacasa and have four children (married 1971):
• Clelia Kudryavtseva Sevilla-Sacasa de Pereau (b. Washington D.C., United States) (1965–1998), married to Jean-Louis Pereau (1959-1998) both crash victims onboard Swissair Flight 111 and had three children:
  • • Joelle Pereau (b. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg) (1991–1998), crash victim onboard Swissair Flight 111.
    • Sylvie Pereau (b. Geneva, Switzerland) (1993–1998), crash victim onboard Swissair Flight 111.
    • Yves Pereau (b. Paris, France) (1995–1998), crash victim onboard Swissair Flight 111.
  • Carlos Mikhail Kudriavtsev Sevilla-Sacasa, (b. Washington D.C., United States) was married to Leyla Argüello-Olivas Grons (b.Nicaragua) and now (divorced) they have one child.
    • Ryan Kudriavtsev-Sacasa Argüello-Olivas (b. 1998 in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida)
• Adam DeBayle-Sevilla (b. Washington D.C., United States)(Single)
• Robert DeBayle-Sevilla (b. Managua, Nicaragua)
• Nicolas DeBayle-Sevilla (b. Managua, Nicaragua)
• Alexandra DeBayle-Sevilla (b. Washington D.C., United States) (Single)

• Casimira Sacasa Sacasa, married to Dr. Luis Henri Debayle Pallais, son of French Luis Henri Debayle Montgolfier and wife Salvadora Pallais y Bermúdez, and had:
  • Blanca Debayle Sacasa, married to Dr. Nestor Portocarrero Gross, and had:
    • Hope Portocarrero Debayle, married to her first cousin Anastasio Somoza Debayle, 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua, and had issue
    • Nestor Portocarrero Debayle (b. Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida)
  • Salvadora Debayle Sacasa, married to Anastasio Somoza García, 65th and 69th President of Nicaragua, and had issue
    • Lillian Somoza Debayle married Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, and had issue
    • Luis Somoza Debayle, married Isabel Urcuyo, and had issue
      • Salvadora Somoza Urcuyo
      • Bernabé Somoza Urcuyo
      • Luis Somoza Urcuyo
      • Álvaro Somoza Urcuyo
      • Gerardo Somoza Urcuyo
    • Anastasio Somoza Debayle, married to his first cousin Hope Portocarrero Debayle, and had issue
      • Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero (b. Miami, Dade County, Florida)
      • Julio Somoza Portocarrero
      • Carolina Somoza Portocarrero
      • Carla Somoza Portocarrero
      • Roberto Somoza Portocarrero