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Tomás de Morla y Pacheco, 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

War of the First Coalition

Spanish War of Independence


American Revolutionary War

War of the First Coalition

Spanish War of Independence

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).


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