Vicente González Moreno
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Cádiz
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— September 6, 1836) was a Spanish
Spain
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general who supported the Carlists during the First Carlist War
First Carlist War
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833-1839.-Historical background:At the beginning of the 18th century, Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain, promulgated the Salic Law, which declared illegal the inheritance of the Spanish crown by women...
. He was appointed commander of Carlist forces after the death of Zumalacárregui.
As a cadet
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, he participated in the Spanish War of Independence, achieving the rank of brigadier
Brigadier
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. He declared himself in support of the Carlist uprising in 1832. He was imprisoned but managed to escape to Portugal
Portugal
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and join the retinue of Don Carlos
Infante Carlos, Count of Molina
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, with whom he traveled to England
England
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. He returned to Spain in 1835.
He lost the Battle of Mendigorria
Battle of Mendigorría
The Battle of Mendigorría Grand was a battle of the First Carlist War. It occurred on July 16, 1835 south of Mendigorría, Navarre. The Carlists were commanded by Vicente González Moreno, who assumed this post after the death of Zumalacárregui at the Siege of Bilbao...
in 1835.
An enemy of Rafael Maroto, he opposed the so-called Convenio de Vergara, the agreement that ended the First Carlist War. He fled to France
France
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but was assassinated by Carlist soldiers at Urdax on September 6, 1839.