Francisco Romero (bullfighter)
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Francisco Romero (1700–1763) was a significant Spanish matador. He reputedly introduced the famous red cape (muleta) into bullfighting in around 1726.[1][2]
Francisco Romero | |
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Born | Francisco Romero y Acevedo 1700 |
Died | 1763 (aged 63) |
Citizenship | Spanish |
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Known for | Pioneering the modern style of on-foot bullfighting |
He was apparently the inventor of several characteristics that started to be used in a key period for bullfighting when the modern on foot system was defined, as the use of the muleta (cape) and estoque (sword) to kill the bull face to face, thus being perhaps the very first one to kill a bull face to face.[1][2] He was the founding father of a bullfighting dynasty, fundamental for bullfighting history. He was the father of Juan Romero, also a bullfighter, and grandfather of Pedro Romero (1754–1839), who killed some 5,600 bulls in his 28-year career, founded a bullfighting school at Sevilla in 1830.[1][2][3]