José María Orense

José María Orense de Milá de Aragón Herrero (1803–1880) was a Spanish politician and revolutionary, a prominent advocate of federal republicanism. He held the nobiliary title of Marquis of Albaida.

Biography Born in Laredo on 14 October 1803. Having fought against the invading French army known as the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, he exiled to England, He participated in the and stood in the barricades in the .

He actively campaigned in favour of the abolition of slavery in the Cortes of 1854–1856.

He revolted against the O'Donnell-Ríos Rosas involutionary government in 1856, encouraging the general uprising.

He moved away from Spain after the 3 January 1874 coup of Pavía, yet he ultimately returned to the country to establish in Astillero, Santander, for his later years. Having become blind, and his health becoming deteriorated, he died on 29 October 1880.