title: José Antonio Melián
text: # José Antonio Melián
  
  José Antonio Melián (March 19, 1784 - December 1, 1857) was an Argentine colonel. He fought against the British Invasions of the Río de la Plata, and fought alongside José de San Martín in the Argentine War of Independence.
  
  He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Tomás Antonio Melián y Betancourt and María Josefa Correa y Lescano, belonging to a noble family of Sevillian and Creole origin. He was married in Santiago to Carmen Ureta, the daughter of Santiago de Ureta and Mercedes de la Banda, belonging to a distinguished Chilean family.
  
  