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Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén

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He was promoted, in October 1802, to lieutenant general in the same promotion as other future notable Spanish military commanders of the Spanish armies during the Peninsular War, including the
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In 1837 he was appointed senator for the province of Barcelona, seat he held until 1845, apart from the period 1841–1844. In 1845 he was appointed senator for life.
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Having been given command of the Army of the Centre, which he joined at Tudela in mid-October, his troops were heavily defeated there at the following month the
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On returning to Seville, Castaños was appointed captain general and preparations were made for the Spanish army to enter Madrid mid-August.
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having to abandon Madrid at the end of that same month. Just months later he led his army to a decisive defeat at the
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This portrait, by José María Galván y Candela, is a copy (c. 1880) of an original by
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head of state), in 1810. From July to September 1834, Castaños served as the first
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Castaños (c. 1830) wearing the uniform of the Africa Regiment with the
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was defeated in the open field for the first time and which led to
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This biographical article related to the military of Spain is a
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attended the funeral service and her husband, the king consort
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officer, politician and nobleman who served during the
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Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri, 1st Duke of Bailén
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had ever been defeated in the open field and led to
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Francisco Javier Castaños
Spanish name
surname
The Most Excellent
GE

Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of Charles III
Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
President of the Regency Council
Fernando VII
Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano
Speaker
House of Peers
The Duke of Ahumada
Madrid
Madrid
Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Spain
Spanish Army
Captain general
War of the Pyrenees
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War

José Casado del Alisal
Spanish Army

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