Jerónimo Valdés ( Villarín (Asturias), 4 May 1784 – Oviedo, 14 November 1855) was a Spanish military and administrator.

Biography

Born in

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

, he participated in the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French ...

and ended the War as Lieutenant colonel. He traveled to South America with José de la Serna e Hinojosa in 1816 to suppress the independist rebellion. He was one of the main instigators, along with José de Canterac, of the Aznapuquio mutiny (28 January 1821), which forced the deposition of the Viceroy of Peru, Joaquín de la Pezuela, appointing de La Serna in his place. Valdés became Mariscal de Campo, and distinguished himself in the Battles of Torata and Corpahuaico. After the Ayacucho disaster (1824), he returned to Spain via France in 1824. He served as Viceroy of

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

from 1833 to 1834 and also served as Minister of War. He fought on the Liberal (Isabeline) side in the

First Carlist War The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy: the conservative a ...

. Valdés lost the Battle of Artaza (22 April 1835). Valdés signed the Lord Eliot Convention soon after, regulating the treatment of prisoners during the Carlist War. He later served as captain-general of

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

(1834-35), Galicia (1838-39) , and of

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

(1839-40), and served as governor of Cuba from 1841 to September 1843.

References

External links

Jerónimo Valdés

Real Academia de la Historia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdes, Jeronimo Royalists in the Hispanic American Revolution Governors of Cuba Captain Generals of Galicia People from Asturias Spanish generals Military personnel of the First Carlist War People of the Spanish colonial Americas Viceroys of Navarre 1784 births 1855 deaths 19th-century South American people