JENARO DE QUESADA Y MATHEUS (1818-1889), 1ST See also:

• MARQUIS

MARQUIS OF MIRAVALLES  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SANTANDER
• SANTANDER (ancient Portus Blendium or Fanum S. Andreae)

Santander, on the 6th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1818 . He was a son of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• VICENTE, GIL (147o-1540)

Vicente Quesada, a Conservative officer who was murdered and atrociously mutilated in the streets of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid by a revolutionary See also:

• MOB

mob in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella's reign . As Quesada belonged to an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• FAMILY

family connected with the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Fernan See also:

• NUNEZ, PEDRO (PETRUS NoNlUS) (1492—1577)

Nunez, he was made a See also:

• CORNET,

cornet when only six years old, was educated at the See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary for nobles and in 1833 was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in the 1st See also:

• FOOT

Foot See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards . He served from 18393 to 1836 against the Carlists . When his See also:

• FATHER

father was assassinated in 1836 he resigned, went to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, got employment in a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and was only induced to return to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1837 by his relatives, who got him a See also:

• COMPANY

company in the guards . He distinguished himself often in the Carlist See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, but his promotion was slow, and he declined to have anything to do with politics . He confined himself to his duties as a soldier, always fighting on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of governments against Carlist, Republican and Progressist risings . Ile only became a general of See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in 1853, and at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Madrid See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison he fought hard in 18S4 to avert thetriumph of See also:

• ESPARTERO, BALDOMERO (1792-1879)

Espartero, O'Donnell and Dulce, who publicly recognized his gallant conduct . When the war in See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out, See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal O'Donnell gave Quesada the command of a division, which played so conspicuous a See also:

• PART

part in that See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign and at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WAD

Wad el See also:

• RAS

Ras that its See also:

• COMMANDER

commander was made lieutenant-general and See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CROSS

cross of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles III . He was director-general of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil Guard when the military See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of the 22nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1866 broke out in Madrid, and after he had been wounded in the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg he remained at the head of the loyal troops until the insurgents were crushed . He did not accept any military See also:

• POST

post during the revolution until Marshal Serrano in 1874 offered him the direction of the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff, and he only accepted it after clearly stating that he was a royalist and See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of Alfonso XII . In his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and brilliant career he never swerved from his steadfast resolve never to be mixed up in any See also:

• POLITICAL

political or military intrigues or pronunciamientos —to use his own words, " not even to restore my See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king." As soon as the king was restored, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Senor Canovas made Quesada first general-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the army of Central See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and in February 1875 general-in-chief of the army of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North .

With the assistance of another officer who also had never dabbled in pronunciamientos, General O'See also:

• RYAN, LACY (c. 1694-176o)

Ryan, Quesada restored discipline in the armies confronting See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• CARLOS, DON (1545-1568)
• CARLOS, DON (1788-1855)
• CARLOS, DON (CHARLES MARIA DE LOS DOLORES JUAN ISIDOR.E JOSEPH FRANCIS QUIRIN ANTONY MICHAEL GABRIEL RAPHAEL) (1848—1909)

Carlos, and for twelve months concerted and conducted the operations that forced the pretender to retire into France and his followers to See also:

• LAY

lay down their arms . The government confided to the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis of Miravalles the difficult task of ruling the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern provinces for several years after the war, and he succeeded in conciliating the sympathies of the See also:

• BASQUES

Basques and Navarrese, though the See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty of their last rising had been the loss of most of their ancient liberties or fueros . Quesada was made marquis of Miravalles, See also:

• GRANDEE (Span. Grande)

grandee after the war, See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war in 1883 and senator . Though he was a strict, stern disciplinarian of the old school and an unflinching Conservative, See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and royalist, even his political and military opponents respected him, and were proud of him as an unblemished type of the Castilian soldier and See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, He died at Madrid on the 19th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1889, and was given full military honours . (A . E .