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RAMON MARIA NARVAEZ (1800-1868)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 243 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NARVAEZ (1800-1868)  , See also:Spanish soldier and statesman, was See also:born at See also:Loja, See also:Granada, on the 4th of See also:August 1800, entered the See also:army at an See also:early See also:age, and saw active service under See also:Mina in See also:Catalonia in 1822 . He was in his sympathies a Conservative, and could not go all lengths with the See also:Radical opposition to See also:Ferdinand VII., whom he served after his restoration . When the See also:king died, See also:Narvaez became one of the Conservati ee supporters of See also:Isabel II . He achieved See also:great popularity by his victory over See also:Gomez, the Carlist See also:general, near Arcos, in See also:November 1836, and after clearing La See also:Mancha of brigands by a vigorous policy of suppression in 1838 he was appointed See also:captain-general of Old See also:Castile, and See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the army of reserve . In 1840, for the See also:part he had taken at See also:Seville in the insurrection against See also:Espartero and the Progresista party, he was compelled to take See also:refuge in See also:France, where, in See also:conjunction with Maria Cristina, he planned the expedition of 1843 which led to the overthrow of his adversary . In 1844 he became See also:prime See also:minister, and was created See also:field-See also:marshal and See also:duke of See also:Valencia, but his policy was too reactionary to be tolerated See also:long, and he was compelled to quit See also:office in See also:February 1846 . He now held the See also:post of See also:ambassador at See also:Paris, until again called to preside over the See also:council of ministers in 1847; but misunderstandings with Maria Cristina led to his resignation in the following See also:year . His See also:ministry succeeded that of O'Donnell for a See also:short See also:time in 1856-1857, and he again returned to See also:power for a few months in 1864-1865 . He once more replaced O'Donnell in See also:July 1866, and was still in office when he died at See also:Madrid on the 23rd of See also:April 1868 . Some very curious notices of Narvaez may be found in the letters of Prosper See also:Merimee to See also:Panizzi (1881) . For his general See also:political career see See also:Hermann See also:Baumgarten, Geschichte Spaniens v . Ausbruch d. See also:franzOs .

Revol. bis auf unsere Tage (1865—1871); and the Historia Contemporanea of See also:

Antonio Pirala (1871—1879) .

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Hello, On his death bed, when he was asked if he fogave his enemies he supposedly replied: "My enemies? I have none. I have had them all shot."
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