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See also:COUNT DE REDS See also:MARQUIS DE LOS CASTILLEJOS JUAN See also:PRIM (1814-187o) , See also:Spanish soldier and statesman, was the son of Lieut.-See also:Colonel Pablo See also:Prim, and was See also:born at See also:Reus in See also:Catalonia on the 12th of See also:December 1814 . He entered the See also:free See also:corps known as the See also:volunteers of See also:Isabella II. in 1834, and in the course of the Carlist See also:War he See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-colonel and had two orders of See also:knighthood conferred upon him . After the pacification of 1839, as a progressist opposed to the dictatorship of See also:Espartero, he was sent into See also:exile . However, in 1843 he was elected See also:deputy for See also:Tarragona, and after defeating Espartero at See also:Bruch he entered See also:Madrid in See also:triumph with Serrano . The See also:regent Maria See also:Christina promoted him See also:major-See also:general, and made him See also:count of Reus . See also:Narvaez, the See also:prime See also:minister, failed to understand what constitutional freedom meant, and Prim, on showing signs of opposition, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the Philippine Islands . The See also:sentence was not carried out, and Prim remained an exile in See also:England and See also:France until the See also:amnesty of 1847 . He then returned to See also:Spain, and was first employed as See also:captain-general of See also:Porto Rico and afterwards as military representative with the See also:sultan during the See also:Crimean War . In 1854 he was elected to the See also:cortes, and gave his support to O'Donnell, who promoted him lieutenant-general in 1856 . In the war with See also:Morocco he did such See also:good service at Los Castillejos or See also:Marabout, Cabo See also:Negro, Guad al Gelu and Campamento in 186o that he was made See also:marquis de los Castillejos and a See also:grandee of Spain . He commanded the Spanish See also:army in See also:Mexico when he refused to consent to the ambitious schemes of See also:Napoleon III . On his return to Spain he joined the opposition, heading pronunciamentos in Catalonia against Narvaez and O'Donnell .
All his attempts failed until the See also:death of Narvaez in See also:April 1868, after which See also:Queen Isabella See also:fell more and more under the See also:influence of the See also:Jesuits, and became increasingly tyrannical, until at last even Serrano was exiled
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In See also:September 1868 Serrano and Prim returned, and See also:Admiral See also:Topete, commanding the See also:fleet, raised the See also:standard of revolt at See also:Cadiz (see SPAIN)
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In See also:July 1869 Serrano was elected regent, and Prim became See also:president of the See also:council and was made a See also:marshal
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On the 16th of See also:November 187o Amadeo, See also:duke of See also:Aosta, was elected See also: |
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