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Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel
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Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, detail from the Battle of Vitoria monument in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, detail from the Battle of Vitoria monument in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel

Spanish soldier and statesman
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Born:
1771, Vitoria, Spain
Died:
1843, Barèges, France (aged 72)

Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel (born 1771, Vitoria, Spain—died 1843, Barèges, France) was a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars and statesman. Álava was an aide-de-camp to the duke of Wellington and the Spanish commissary at the duke’s headquarters during the Peninsular War. On the restoration of Ferdinand VII to the throne of Spain, he lost favour because of his liberal ideas but was appointed ambassador to the Netherlands (1815–22). He was president of the Spanish Cortes (parliament) in 1822–23 and later served as ambassador to Great Britain and France. ...(100 of 83 words)

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