Gerardo Roxas y Luis (fl. estimated between 1839 and 1887 – April 21, 1891 on Panay, Philippines) 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.
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Early life
Roxas was born to Antonio Roxas (II) and Francesca Luis in Capiz, Panay Island. He was a grandson of Caetano Rojas and the great-grandson of Juan Pablo Rojas y Arroyo (the son of Antonio Rojas y Ureta). 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 (1782-1843) a pioneer of Philippine nationalism and a progenitor of the Roxas de Ayala and Zobel de Ayala clans)
Antonio Rojas y Ureta - second great-grandfather
Juan Pablo Rojas y Arroyo - great-grandfather
Caetano Rojas y Romero - grandfather
Antonio Roxas (II) - father
Francesca Luis - mother
Gerardo Roxas y Luis
Manuel Roxas (1892 – 1948) - son; Philippine president
Gerardo Manuel Roxas ("Gerry") (1924 – 1982) - grandson; Philippine senator
Manuel Roxas II ("Mar") (b. 1957) - great-grandson; Philippine senator, former DILG secretary
Gerardo Roxas, Jr. ("Dinggoy") (1960 – 1993) - great-grandson; Philippine congressman