1880 - Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 1955) was a Spanish

Spanish people

The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 general who fought in the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

 for the Nationalists. Before the war he was chosen by king Alfonso XIII to educate his sons, which he did from November 1925 to 1930. At the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic

Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....

 (14 April 1931) he left the army due to his monarchist sympathies. With just a brief return to the army during the 1934 revolution, he kept out of the army, as lieutenant-colonel in reserve, until the Spanish Civil War broke in 18 July 1936. In Argentina

Argentina

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 at the outbreak of the war, he returned to Spain where his first military position was as Chief of Staff of Coronel Beorlegui, in the Campaign of Guipúzcoa

Campaign of Guipúzcoa

The Campaign of Gipuzkoa was part of the Spanish Civil War, where the Nationalist Army conquered the northern province of Gipuzkoa, held by the Republic.-The campaign:...

. Later on he was nominated as Colonel of Staff during the Battle of Bilbao

Battle of Bilbao

The Battle of Bilbao was part of the War in the North, during the Spanish Civil War where the Nationalist Army captured the city of Bilbao and the remaining parts of the Basque Country still held by the Republic....

 and was the architect of the "Northern Campaign" as a member of the General Staff. He was awarded the Military Medal and became General after the "Northern Campaign", became commander's chief of staff at the Aragon Offensive

Aragon Offensive

The Aragon Offensive was a Nationalist campaign during the Spanish Civil War, which began after the Battle of Teruel. The offensive began on March 7, 1938, and ended on April 19, 1938...

. After the war was Minister of the Air Force, Lieutenant-General and, until his death in 1955, president of the Nuclear Energy Board, and of the Aeronautical Technic National Institute. Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

 granted him a posthumous marquisate

Marquise

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