Leopoldo O'Donnell
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| Born | 12 January 1809 Unión Liberal |
| Spouse | Manuela Barges |
| Relations | Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (cousin) |
Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuán, GE (12 January 1809 – 5 November 1867), was a Spanish general and Grandee who was Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions.
Early life
He was born at
Career
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O'Donnell was a strong supporter of the liberal
O'Donnell was responsible for the 1844 massacre known as the repression of "La Escalera". Thousands of slaves and free-coloured people in Cuba were confined in dungeons, tortured and executed in what became known as the
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The
For his new administration, O'Donnell formed the
In later governments, O'Donnell was more careful. His two later administrations worked laboriously to attract foreign investment to improve Spain's railroad infrastructure. He failed to achieve much economic growth, however, and increased industry only in Basque country and Catalonia, both of which already had substantial industrial centres. He was a proponent of a new and aggressive imperial policy, intended principally to expand Spanish territory in Africa, particularly after French successes in Algeria.[citation needed]
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In the first administration he served twice simultaneously as
He took a brief respite from his government in 1860 to command the Spanish army at the
In 1866, he repressed a revolt commanded by General
Family
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The Duke of Tetuán was succeeded in his titles by his nephew,
Notes
- ^ O'Hart 1892, pp. 648, 649.
- ^ O'Cochlain 1990, pp. 67–81.
- ^ Geneall staff cites: Fraikin 1991, p. 318
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911, p. 8.
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911, p. 9.
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 8–9.
- Geneall staff. "Leopoldo O' Donnell y Jorris, 1. duque de Tetuá". Geneall. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- Fraikin, Jorge Valverde (1991). Titulos Nobiliarios Andaluces. Granada: Andalucia. p. 318.
- O'Cochlain, Ubert (1990). "The O'Donnells of Mayo". North Mayo Historical Society Journal. 11 (4): 67–81. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- O'Hart, John (1892). Irish Pedigrees (5th ed.). Dublin: J. Duffy and Company. pp. 648, 9.
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