Gaspar de Vigodet
José Gaspar de Vigodet (also known as Gaspar de Bigodé in some contemporary documents ) (* 1764 in Sarrià de Barcelona, † 1834 in Madrid ) was a Spanish military man of French descent.
Life
De Vigodet he took part in the siege of Gibraltar from August 30, 1782 to February 4, 1783 and was promoted to lieutenant . In 1793 he took part in the Roussillon War. In 1806 he was employed with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Andalusian army. During the War of Independence he fought in 1808 in the Battle of Bailen (July 19) and Tudela (November 23) and was promoted to colonel . He then took part in the Battle of Tarancon (December 23) and the following year in the Battle of Uclés (January 13, 1809), as well as in the battle of Mora (February 18) and Consuegra (March 22). For his participation in the Battle of Ocaña (November 19, 1809) and after the fighting in retreat through the Sierra Morena , he was promoted to brigadier on March 16, 1810 .
He was appointed governor of Montevideo by the Junta Suprema Central of Cádiz , first from October 7, 1810 to January 1811, interrupted by Francisco Javier de Elíos' second term (January 1811 to November 18, 1811), again from November 18 1811. In his second term of office, Vigodet broke the truce on January 8, 1812 between his predecessor as governor, Viceroy Francisco Javier de Elío, and the primer Triunvirato on January 8, 1812. On December 31, 1812, Vigodet became then defeated by the besiegers of Montevideo in the battle of Cerrito . His time as governor of Montevideo finally ended on June 23, 1814, after Carlos María de Alvear had previously accepted the surrender on June 21, 1814 .
After exercising a few other offices in Rio de Janeiro , Gaspar de Vigodet returned to Spain, where he was appointed Capitán General of Castile in 1820 . Together with Cayetano Valdés and Gabriel Ciscar y Ciscar, he worked on the removal of Ferdinand VII. After Ferdinand VII's power was restored , Gaspar de Vigodet had to go into exile in France in 1823, but returned in 1834, the year after the death of the Spanish king.
Web links
- Biography on www.biografiasyvidas.com (Spanish), accessed February 24, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data on www.worldstatesmen.org
- ↑ CRONOLOGÍA DE LA BANDA ORIENTAL ( Memento of August 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish), accessed on February 23, 2012
- ↑ History of the last twenty-five years, Volume 1 by Karl Heinrich Hermes , Braunschweig 1847, p. 364
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joaquin de Soria y Santa Cruz |
Governor of Montevideo October 7, 1810 - January 1811 |
Francisco Javier de Elío |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Javier de Elío |
Governor of Montevideo November 18, 1811 - June 23, 1814 |
Nicolás Rodríguez Peña |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vigodet, Gaspar de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bigodé, Gaspar de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarrià de Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1834 |
| Place of death | Madrid |