Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna
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Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna
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| Born | 6 October 1764 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 2 August 1836 Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Brazil United Kingdom Kingdom of Portugal
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| Rank |
Marshal of the Army (Brazil) Lieutenant General (Portugal/United Kingdom) |
| Battles/wars |
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental Cisplatine War |
| Other work | Politician |
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Carlos Frederico Lecor (October 6, 1764 in Lisbon – August 2, 1836 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Portuguese general and politician. He was the first Baron of Laguna, in Portugal, and later ascended to Viscount of Laguna, in Brazil.
He was most notably the only non-British General to have commanded one of the Anglo-Portuguese divisions of Wellington's Peninsular Army (the seventh, in late 1813), as well as having commanded the Portuguese forces who invaded the Banda Oriental del Uruguay (Eastern Bank of Uruguay) in 1816.
His last name is sometimes written as Lecór or Le Cor. The latter is very common in English sources of the 19th century. Most Spanish sources give him as Carlos Federico Lecor.
Son of Louis Pierre Lecor, a French émigré, and Quitéria Maria Krusse, Carlos Frederico Lecor was born in the Parish of Santos-o-Velho, in Lisbon. He had French ascendency by his father, and German, Dutch and Spanish ascendency by his mother.
He was born into merchant families, and, as the older son of five, was destined to pursue a commercial career. Instead, having moved to Faro in the decade of 1770, he would eventually enlist in the Portuguese Army, as a Pé de Castelo (Castle Guard) in 1793, as a gunner, at the unusual age of 29.
Having been placed at the Fortress of Santo António da Barra, in Tavira, he rose to the rank of Sargeant. He was then made an adjutant to the military commander of Portimão, presumably at officer level. In 1794, he became first lieutenant in the Artillery Regiment of Algarve, as second in command to the ninth company of gunners.
In 1795 and 1796, he was part of the artillery complement of the Nau Príncipe da Beira, the flagship of a fleet escorting commercial ships to Salvador, in Brazil. Upon returning to Lisbon, he was promoted to Captain in the Light Troops Legion, an experimental unit of the Portuguese Army, eventually becoming the aide-de-camp to General Marquis of Alorna. In this capacity he was promoted to Major (1802) and Lieutenant-Colonel (1805).
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