José Antonio de Azevedo Lemos

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General Lemos

José António de Azevedo Lemos (born October 1, 1786 in Vilar , Portugal , † February 16, 1870 in Lisbon ) was a general in the Kingdom of Portugal . He was the commander of the absolutist troops in the Miguelista War against the Portuguese Liberals .

Life

Lemos attended the seminar , which he left early to pursue a military career. As a volunteer, he took part in Cavalry Regiment No. 10 since the end of 1807 in the defense of Portugal against the Napoleonic invasions . He was honored and promoted to Alferes .

He then served in the Portuguese colony of Brazil . He gained military service there, especially in the clashes on the Rio Grande and with Paraguay . After independence and the proclamation of the Brazilian Empire in 1822, Lemos returned to Portugal as Coronel .

After the Liberal Revolution in 1820, he committed himself to the absolutists and commanded the troops of King D. Miguel I in the approaching civil war, the Miguelistenkrieg . He suffered a first defeat in the Azores against liberal troops under the Duke of Terceira in the battle of Vila da Praia (today Praia da Vitória ) on August 11, 1829 , but stood out for his military qualities. Lemos then rose to become one of the most important generals of the Miguelist troops. He was then instrumental in the ultimately unsuccessful siege of Porto in 1832 and in the also known as Linhas de Lisboa , finally unsuccessful defense of the capital in 1833.

Lemos then achieved a number of successes against the liberal troops, especially in the Alentejo and there especially on November 2, 1833 at Alcácer do Sal .

On February 18, 1834 at Almoster , however, Marshal Saldanha inflicted a decisive defeat on him. Finally, the last absolutist army under Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes was defeated on May 16, 1834 near Asseiceira . After the last defeat on May 26, 1834, Lemos signed the Évoramonte Declaration together with his King Miguel I, who resided here. The latter abdicated, and Lemos went into exile with him in Italy.

Lemos returned to Portugal in 1859 and died in the capital in 1870.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. , 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 297
  2. ↑ António Henrique de Oliveira Marques : History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 385). Translated from the Portuguese by Michael von Killisch-Horn. Kröner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-520-38501-5 , p. 387ff.
personal data
SURNAME Lemos, José Antonio de Azevedo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese general
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilar (Vila do Conde) , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1870
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal