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Duke of Bailén ( es, Duque de Bailén) is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1833 by Search of title "Bailén, duque de"
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Ferdinand VII
, 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_plac ...
to Francisco Javier Castaños for his military achievements during the Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...
as Captain general of the Royal Spanish Armies, becoming the first man to defeat Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
in an open field battle.
It is a victory title
A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. The practice is first known in Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it was also adop ...
, and was bestowed on General Castaños following his successful command at the Battle of Bailén
The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by Generals Francisco Castaños and Theodor von Reding, and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l ...
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Dukes of Bailén (1833)
* Francisco Javier Castaños y Aragorri, 1st Duke of Bailén * Luis Carondelet y Castaños, 2nd Duke of Bailén * Eduardo Carondelet y Dorado, 3rd Duke of Bailén * María de la Encarnación Fernández de Córdoba y Carondelet, 4th Duchess of Bailén * José María Cavero y Goicoerrotea, 5th Duke of Bailén * Juan Manuel Cavero de Carondelet y Bally, 6th Duke of Bailén * Francisco Javier Cavero de Carondelet y Christou, 7th Duke of Bailén
See also
*List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.
The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Duke of ...
*List of current Grandees of Spain
Grandees of Spain ( es, Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held ...
References
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