Ramón María Narváez
Ramón María Narváez Campos (born August 4, 1800 in Loja , † April 23, 1868 in Madrid ), Duke of Valencia since 1844 , was a Spanish military and politician . Between 1844 and 1868 he was Spanish Prime Minister several times and the leading head of the moderate (conservative) party during the reign of Isabella II .
Narváez, who came from the old nobility, joined the royal guard in 1814. In the revolution of 1820, which was supposed to bring back the constitution of 1812, which was abolished by Ferdinand VII. , He sided with the liberals. He fought under Francisco Espoz y Mina in Catalonia in 1822 , where he was wounded and taken prisoner by the French invasion army known as the "Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis" (German: Ten Thousand Sons of St. Louis ). He stayed in France until 1824 and turned down all the offices offered to him during the reign of Ferdinand VII.
Only after Ferdinand's death in 1834 did he rejoin the Spanish army. On the side of the Isabelline party he excelled in the first Carlist War , namely in 1836 in the persecution of the Carlist General Gómez. As early as 1836 Narváez became Brigadier General , in 1838 Captain General of Old Castile and Commander in Chief of a reserve army. Until 1840 he was on the side of the liberal general Espartero , turned, this time from him and joined the by Queen Maria Christina preferred against popular sovereignty incoming conservative political direction of the Moderate (dt. Temperate ) to, as their real leader it was valid for two decades.
In 1841 Narváez had to flee to France after the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Espartero , who was meanwhile reigning as regent , by a rising from southern Spain with the participation of General Fernández de Córdova . In 1843 he succeeded in overthrowing Espartero after landing in Valencia from France , from where he returned to Madrid. On July 23, 1843, his troops defeated Espartero's troops in Torrejón de Ardoz near Madrid, who was subsequently ousted and went into exile in England. Narváez initially received no government office, but was an important player in the following period, in which the then 13-year-old Isabella II was declared of legal age, which meant that there was no need for a new regent. In fact , the Queen Mother María Christina, who was allied with Narváez and the Moderados, who had been ousted from the office of regent by Espartero in 1840, gained in influence again. After he had suppressed the influence of the sections of the progressive party that had supported him in the overthrow of Espartero (including the Prime Minister Joaquín María López López , who had been in office since Espartero's overthrow ), he was made Prime Minister in May 1844 by the now incumbent Queen Isabell II appointed and made Duke of Valencia.
However, he was disempowered as Prime Minister on February 10, 1846 and sent to Paris as Spanish ambassador . Shortly afterwards he was called back to Madrid and again Prime Minister on October 4, 1847. Queen Maria Christina , who had great influence on her daughter Isabella II after her return from exile , withdrew her favor two years later, so that Narváez was forced to resign on January 10, 1851 and return to France to go. After the coup of Leopoldo O'Donnell , Narváez was again Prime Minister from October 1856 to October 1857. He held the office again from September 1864 to June 1865.
At the head of the troops loyal to the king, Narváez fought a military uprising in Madrid in June 1866 and was again commissioned by the queen to form a government in July. His policy was shaped by wanting to suppress any kind of revolutionary, i.e. republican and democratic movements. His severity and perceived arbitrary measures helped make the queen and her regime less popular. The overthrow of Queen Isabel, to which his repressive policies involuntarily contributed, Narváez no longer lived to see himself. He died in office in April 1868 before the Queen was overthrown in September 1868.
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| SURNAME | Narváez, Ramón María |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Narváez Campos, Ramón María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish military, politician (President), Duke of Valencia (since 1844) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loja , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1868 |
| Place of death | Madrid |