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José Carrillo de Albornoz
José Carrillo de Albornoz | |
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| Born | October 8, 1671 |
| Died | June 26, 1747 (aged 76) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Catholic Monarchy |
Branch | Royal Armies of His Catholic Majesty |
Rank | Captain General of the Royal Armies |
Conflicts | War of the Spanish Succession
Anglo-Spanish War of 1727–1729 Spanish–Barbary conflicts War of the Austrian Succession |
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José Francisco Carrillo de Albornoz y Montiel Esquivel y Guzmán (Seville, Kingdom of Seville, October 8, 1671 – Madrid, June 26, 1747), 1st Duke of Montemar with Grandeeship of Spain and 3rd Count of Montemar, was a distinguished Spanish military officer who came to hold the office of Viceroy of Sicily.
Biography
He was the son of Francisco Carrillo de Albornoz Esquivel y Guzmán (Seville, June 18, 1639), 2nd Count of Montemar, colonel of the guards, director general of the cavalry of Spain, general of the Army of Oran, and knight of the Order of Santiago, and of his first wife, Leonor de Montiel y Segura, daughter of Federico de Montiel and Isabel de Segura.
He was commander of Moratalla in the Order of Santiago and second Colonel of the Montesa Cavalry Regiment from 1706 (August 21), and was promoted to brigadier the following year (September 7). In that same year of 1707 he succeeded to the County of Montemar, and in 1710 he took part, with the rank of marshal, in the Battle of Villaviciosa, within the framework of the War of the Spanish Succession, fighting on the side of Philip.
He held the Captaincy General of Catalonia on two occasions between 1722 and 1725, being replaced in the office by Guillaume de Melun, Marquis of Risbourcq (1725–1735), but holding it on an interim basis in 1726 at the wish of the King. In that same year he was appointed Captain General of the Coast of Granada.
On April 4, 1731, he was appointed captain general of the Royal Armies, and he also served as colonel of the Spanish Royal Infantry Guards, as well as director general of the Cavalry of Spain from 1732.
Oran (1732)
He was entrusted with command of the expedition against the coast of Africa, specifically to take Oran in 1732.[1] It was an army of between 27,000 and 28,000 men, and with them 23 generals, 19 brigadiers, military clergy, jurists, physicians, surgeons and medical assistants, 123 commanders and officers (among them the general staff of the artillery and engineers), and more than 30 titled nobles of the kingdom. Such a contingent caused astonishment because of the multitude of flags together covering the Mediterranean.[2] His squadron set out from Alicante, with the veteran Navy officer Francisco Javier Cornejo as supreme Commander of the fleet, with a transport of 600 sails and a division of galleys, with 110 cannons and 60 mortars. After a diversion, the landing was made near Oran with 500 boats loaded with grenadiers, who were harassed by 2,000 Moorish horsemen. Once all the men had landed, they began to take up positions, such as that of Monte Santo, which frightened the defenders of Oran, who abandoned it; thus it was taken by the Spaniards with its 5 small forts, 138 cannons, 7 mortars and abundant ammunition intact. In the port (Mers El Kébir) a schooner and 5 corsair brigantines were captured. Once the stronghold had been taken and secured, it was left with 8,000 infantrymen and a cavalry regiment. The reaction of the Moors was not long in coming, and they attacked the castle of San Andrés in Oran.
In 1732 he was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Italy (1733–1734)
He took part in the Battle of Bitonto (May 25, 1734), where he wrested from the Austrians the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, which had belonged to the Crown of Spain until 1707 and 1714, for the benefit of the Bourbons. In gratitude for the services rendered in this battle, Philip V raised the County of Montemar to a duchy in 1735, adding the Grandeeship of Spain, by Royal Decree of May 20 of that year.
He later served as secretary of the Secretariat of War from 1737 to 1741.
Italy (1741–1742)
With the War of the Austrian Succession about to break out, he was given command of the army in Barcelona.[1][3]
He died in Madrid on June 26, 1747.
Writings
- Carrillo de Albornoz, Duque de Montemar, José (1742). Expossicion de las causas, que concurrieron, à que las Armas del Rey en Lombardia, en el año de 1742. hasta 8. de Septiembre del mismo, no hiciessen los progressos que se esperaban (in español).
Marriage and issue
On May 7, 1700, he married Isabel Francisca de Antich y Antich (Barcelona, 1680),[4] daughter of Francisco de Antich y Calvo, lord of Mongay and Lloréns, and of Tecla Antich. They had a daughter:
- María Magdalena Carrillo de Albornoz y Antich (El Viso del Alcor, 1707[5]–1790), 2nd Duchess of Montemar, Grandee of Spain (1747), who married in La Puebla de Cazalla (Seville) on August 31, 1729, José Lorenzo Dávila y Tello de Guzmán (Seville, 1710–1790), 3rd Count of Valhermoso, lieutenant general of the Royal Armies, marshal general de logis of the cavalry of Italy, and commander and inspector of the Royal Brigade of Carabineers, son of Lorenzo Dávila y Rodríguez de Medina, 1st Count of Valhermoso, and of Ana Laurencia Tello de Guzmán.[6]
They had two daughters:
- María Josefa Dávila y Carrillo de Albornoz, 3rd Duchess of Montemar and 4th Countess of Valhermoso.
- María Francisca Dávila y Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st and only (for life) Countess of Truillas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 González Carvajal 1844, pp. (145).
- ↑ Sánchez Doncel, Gregorio (1991). Written at Toledo. Presencia de España en Orán, 1509-1792 (in español). Salamanca: Estudio Teológico San Ildefonso. ISBN 9788460076148.
- ↑ García Prado 1949, pp. 145.
- ↑ Baptized in that city on August 14, 1680, and buried in the Basilica del Pilar in Zaragoza.
- ↑ Baptized on September 27 of that year.
- ↑ Grandes de España: Condado de Truillas, retrieved November 13, 2008.
Bibliography
- Gónzalez Carvajal, José (1844). La sociedad poligráfica (ed.). La España de los Borbones. Historia documental desde antes de la muerte de Carlos segundo hasta la abdicación de María Cristina en Valencia (in español). Vol. 4. Madrid.
- García Prado, Justiniano (1949). "El Duque de Montemar: su campaña de Italia 1741-1742" (PDF). Revista de la Universidad de Oviedo, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (in español). X (59–60): 143–193.
External links
- Portrait of José Carrillo de Albornoz with an epitome of his life included in the book Retratos de Españoles ilustres, published in 1791.
