He held the rank of a private in the Engineering Corps of the Spanish Army.
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He received his final name in honor of his uncle, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, who was killed in World War I shortly before Gonzalo's baptism.
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He studied Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven, instead of at the University of Madrid as originally planned for him.
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