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Francisco Copons
Francisco Copons y Navia, 1st Count of Tarifa (21 July 1764—18 September 1842) was a Spanish soldier, active during the War of the Pyrenees and the Peninsular War. He was appointed Captain general of Catalonia in 1812 and promoted to Lieutenant general in 1814. Military career War of the Pyrenees After graduating from the Military Academy at Puerto de Santa María, Copons served as a lieutenant in the Infantry during the first War of the Pyrenees, in which he distinguished himself in several actions and was promoted to Captain at the proposal of General Antonio Ricardos. He later again distinguished himself, this time under the orders of the Count de la Unión, who promoted him to Regimental Sergeant Major. Following the death, in battle, of the Count, Copons once again distinguished himself at the head of the Tercios de Migueletes de Olot y Camprodón.Cassinello Perez, Andrés"Francisco Copons y Navia". ''Diccionario Biográfico electrónico'' (''DB~e''.).Real Academia de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Aparicio
José Aparicio e Inglada (16 December 1773 – 10 May 1838) was a Spanish painter in the Neoclassical style; closely associated with the reign of King Ferdinand VII. Biography He was born in Alicante, the seventh of eight children in a middle-class family. His first artistic studies were at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, where he won first prize for painting in 1793. After that, he attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1796, his painting of Manuel Godoy presenting Peace (the Peace of Basel) to King Carlos IV won him a grant from the King to study in Paris and Rome.Brief biography @ the |
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke Of Bailén
Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri Urioste y Olavide, 1st Duke of Bailén (22 April 1758 – 24 September 1852) was a Spanish general and politician who excelled during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. From July to September 1834, he served as the first president of the Senate of Spain, at that time called House of Peers. Castaños was one of the most important military officers during the Peninsular War, reaching the position of Chair of the Regency Council of Spain and the Indies (''de facto'' head of state) in 1810. In 1833, Queen Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, in the name of her daughter, Queen Isabella II, granted him with the title of Duke of Bailén, to honour his actions in the Peninsular War and, specially, in the Battle of Bailén, where the Napoleonic army was defeated at open field for the first time, which also caused the flight of Spain from King Joseph Bonaparte. Biography Castaños was born at Madrid. Castaños is rememb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand VII Of Spain
, house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles IV of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Parma , birth_date = 14 October 1784 , birth_place = El Escorial, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_place = El Escorial , religion = Roman Catholicism , signature = Ferdinand VII of Spain signature.svg Ferdinand VII ( es, Fernando VII; 14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833) was a King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. He was known to his supporters as '' el Deseado'' (the Desired) and to his detractors as '' el Rey Felón'' (the Felon/Criminal King). Born in Madrid at El Escorial, Ferdinand VII spent his youth as heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Following the 1808 Tumult of Aranjuez, he ascended the throne. That year Napoleon overthrew him; he linked his monarchy to counter-revolution and reactionary policies that produced a deep rift in Spain b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Ibáñez, 3rd Baron De Eroles
Joaquín Ibáñez Cuevas y de Valonga, 3rd Baron de Eroles and Marquis of Cañada Ibáñez (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) (6 January 1785 – 25 August 1825) was a Spanish nobleman and soldier, active in Catalonia during the Peninsular War. Shortly before his death, he was promoted to Captain general of the Army, Spain's highest military rank. Early life Born into a noble family, he enrolled as a cadet at the Real Colegio de Artillería, in Segovia, though he did not graduate as an officer. He later studied Law at University of Cervera and after graduating, set up his own law firm.. Fernández Maldonaldo, Emilio. Peninsular War (1807–1814) Eroles was present at the defeat at Molíns de Rey (21 December 1808), and by the end of that year he had raised, armed and financed his own unit of 1,600 volunteers, the 2nd Tercio of Talarn Volunteers. 1809 With his tercio he fought skirmishes at Igualada (11 January 1809), putting General Chabran’s troops to flight, and at M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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