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Francisco Del Rosario Sánchez (March 9, 1817 - July 4, 1861) was a politician and founding father of the Dominican Republic. He is considered by Dominicans as the second founding father of the 1844 Dominican War of Independence, after Juan Pablo Duarte and before Ramón Matías Mella. The Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella are named in honor of these founding fathers. He was the son of Narciso Sánchez and Olaya Del Rosario, who were not married at the time of his birth.