guerrilla fighter.

He was parish priest in his birthplace when the War of Spanish Independence

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

 began in 1808. After a quarrel with the French military, he fled from his village and led a guerrilla group that never suffered defeat. King Ferdinand VII rewarded him with a seat in the Valencia's cathedral chapter but, his rough lifestyle did not adapted to this kind of life (he even piped a fellow), and returned to his village. When the liberal revolution of 1820 succeeded he returned to led a guerrilla group until the French absolutist invasion of 1823.
In 1833, he joined the Carlist army and commanded fourteen battailons

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 in the mountains of Burgos. His troops menaced Madrid

Madrid

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, operated in la Rioja

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La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:...

 and the province of Soria

Soria (province)

Soria is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. Most of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico areaIt is bordered by the provinces of La Rioja, Zaragoza, Guadalajara, Segovia, and Burgos....

 and tried to seize the city of Burgos

Burgos

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. He participated also in the besiege of Bilbao

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. He was appointed Carlist commander-in-chief of Old Castile

Old Castile

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. After the Vergara agreement of 1839 he exiled to France, when he died. He is buried in Lerma

Lerma

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, Burgos

Burgos (province)

The province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid. Its capital is the city of Burgos...

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