Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi
Francisco José Montalvo y Ambulodi Arriola y Casabant Valdespino (* 1754 in Havana , Cuba , † 1822 in Spain ) was a Spanish officer and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of New Granada .
Life
Montalvo was born as the son of Count Macuriges, who at the time was Inspector General of the Spanish Army in Cuba. So he came from a family of Spanish nobility. However, he was not born in the mother country, but overseas, so he was considered in the strict Spanish hierarchy as a Criollo less than a peninsular .
Francisco Montalvo embarked on an army career and fought for the Spanish in France during the First Coalition War and the Algerian campaign. In the wake of Pedro de Cevallos , he took part in the Spanish campaign against the Portuguese in what is now Uruguay in 1777 . He was later stationed in Puerto Rico . In 1795 he was promoted to brigadier general. By 1811 he rose to lieutenant general and field marshal.
In 1812 he was appointed Viceroy of New Granada to succeed Benito Pérez Brito . Since the constitution of Cadiz did not provide for this title, he initially served as captain general. He resided in Santa Marta , as the capital Bogotá was in the hands of the independence movement and Cartagena was besieged by the rebels.
He managed to make up ground for the Spaniards. In March 1814 the royalists defeated the republicans in the naval battle of Ciénaga (Magdalena) . As a result, they recaptured Barranquilla , Sabanilla and Mompox for the Spaniards. When Cartagena was conquered at the end of 1815, he cracked down on the independence movement with great severity.
In Spain, meanwhile, King Ferdinand VII had revoked the constitution after his return from exile and restored his absolutist rule. Francisco Montalvo was formally installed as viceroy from April 1816. In July 1816, the Spaniards captured Bogotá.
In March 1818 he was removed from the court. He handed over the office in Bogotá to his successor, Juan de Sámano . He returned to Spain, where he died in 1822.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Benito Pérez Brito |
Viceroy of New Granada 1816–1818 |
Juan de Sámano |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montalvo y Ambulodi, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Montalvo y Ambulodi Arriola y Casabant Valdespino, Francisco José (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish officer and colonial administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana , Cuba |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1822 |
| Place of death | Spain |