José de Urbina y Urbina, 3rd conde de Cartaojal

José de Urbina y Urbina, 3rd conde de Cartaojal
Born	(1761-04-21)April 21, 1761 Málaga
Died	March 22, 1833(1833-03-22) (aged 71) Antequera
Allegiance	Kingdom of Spain
Service/branch	Army of Spain
Years of service	1771 – 1833
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Royal Guard
Commands held	Army of the Center
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Siege of Gibraltar War of the First Coalition War of the Pyrenees Spanish War of Independence Battle of Yevenes Battle of Ciudad-Real

José de Urbina y Urbina, 3rd conde de Cartaojal (April 21, 1761 – March 22, 1833) was a Spanish soldier, general, and intendant during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Cartaojal enlisted as a cadet in the Royal Guard in 1771 while studying at the Royal School of Mathematics in Barcelona. Upon the declaration of war with Britain in 1779, his grenadier company was posted to the siege lines around Gibraltar. Promoted alférez (1783), segundo ayudante (1788), and primer ayudante (1791), Cartaojal campaigned against the French Republicans in 1793, was wounded in action, and received a colonelcy (1793) and captaincy (1795).

Between 1796 and 1801, Cartaojal, now Brigadier General, served on the Board of Ordnance, later on the staff of the Army of Galicia, and with the field army assembled at Badajoz for the invasion of Portugal. As a protégé of Prime Minister Godoy, Cartaojal enjoyed a string of political and military appointments, with administrative posts as Captain General of Salamanca (1802) and intendant of Madrid (1803).