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Also Known As Manuel de Godoy Álvarez de Faria Ríos Sánchez Zarzosa, príncipe de la Paz y de Basano, duque de Alcudia y de Succa • Manuel de Godoy, duque de Alcudia
Born May 12, 1767 • Spain
Died October 4, 1851 (aged 84) • Paris • France
Role In French Revolutionary wars • Napoleonic Wars • War of the Oranges
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
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
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
Argentine revolutionary
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Baldomero Espartero, prince de Vergara
regent of Spain
Diego Duque de Estrada
Spanish soldier
Juan José de Austria
prime minister of Spain
Diego Velázquez: painting of Philip III
Philip III
king of Spain and Portugal
Juan Prim
Spanish statesman
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, duke de Lerma
Spanish statesman
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, count de Aranda
Spanish statesman
Leopoldo O’Donnell, duke de Tetuán
prime minister of Spain
Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Spanish military commander
Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada
prime minister of Spain