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unusual facts about Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara



Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara

In 1839 Espartero carefully opened up negotiations with Maroto and the principal Carlist chiefs of the Basque provinces.

He was several times wounded, and was made major and colonel on the battlefields of Cochabamba and Sapachni.

Plaça de Lesseps, Barcelona

It's named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was a consul in Barcelona and intervened against the 1842 bombing of the city ordered by General Baldomero Espartero and Captain-General Juan Van Halen.

Ramón Cabrera y Griñó

When Marshal Espartero induced the Carlists of the north-western provinces, with Maroto at their head, to submit in accordance with the Convention of Vergara, which secured the recognition of the rank and titles of 1000 Carlist officers, Cabrera held out in Central Spain for nearly a year.


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