Duke of Talavera de la Reina (Spanish: Duque de Talavera de la Reina), commonly known as Duke of Talavera, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied...
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Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1 The Battle of Talavera (27–28 July 1809) was fought just outside the town of Talavera de...
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victory at Talavera, Wellesley was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 26 August 1809 as Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington...
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were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of Infantado...
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Talavera de la Reina (Spanish pronunciation: [talaˈβeɾa ðe la ˈrejna]) is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile–La...
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1st Duke of Marlborough and the 2nd Duke of Argyll.[citation needed] Following his victory at the Battle of Talavera, Wellesley was offered a peerage. The...
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(BOE): T'Serclaes, Duke of Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE): Talavera de la Reina, Duke of Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE): Tamames, Duke of Boletín Oficial...
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The Battles of Talavera is an 1809 poem by the Irish writer John Wilson Croker. It was written in commemoration of the Battle of Talavera, where Sir Arthur...
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was the prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in...
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1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was one of the leading British military and political figures of the 19th...
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Claude-Victor Perrin (redirect from Claude Victor-Perrin, Duke of Belluno)
two days was repulsed by an Anglo-Spanish army at Talavera. After the French victory at the Battle of Ocaña, Victor entered Cordoba in November 1809 and...
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Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (German: Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von...
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Eugène de Beauharnais (redirect from Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Français, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt ad personam)
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Prince Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810–1835); married Queen Maria II of Portugal...
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better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both...
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The Battle of Talavera (27–28 July 1809) saw an Imperial French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan attack a combined British...
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Peninsular War (redirect from Spanish War of Independence)
Lisbon Madrid Valencia Bailén Tudela Corunna Talavera Cádiz Albuera Ciudad Rodrigo Salamanca Burgos Tordesillas Vitoria Toulouse The Peninsular War (1807–1814)...
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the ruler of Württemberg from 1797 to his death. He was the last Duke of Württemberg from 1797 to 1803, then the first and only Elector of Württemberg...
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union badge of the United Kingdom. Baron Douro of Wellesley in the County of Somerset – 26 August 1809 Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and of Wellington...
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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (redirect from William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford of Albuera and Dungarvan, Duke de Elvas Beresford)
Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First...
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nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death...
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult (redirect from Duke of Dalmatia (French))
Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (French: [ʒɑ̃dədjø sult]; 29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire...
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Louis XVIII (redirect from Restoration of Louis XVIII of France)
education of boys of royal blood and of the nobility was turned over to men. Antoine de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, Duke of La Vauguyon [fr], a friend of his...
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October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian...
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also Duke of Warsaw from 1807 to 1815 (in 1812–1813 he was proclaimed, but unrecognized, King of Poland by the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland)...
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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (redirect from Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté)
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte KB (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer...
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Michel Ney (redirect from Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen)
Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who...
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and Talavera campaigns before they were disbanded and the men returned to their regiments. Though effective on the battlefield, criticism was made of their...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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1843) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840. Born as the son of William V, Prince of Orange, the...
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Auguste de Marmont (redirect from Duke of Ragusa (Marmont))
French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title Duke of Ragusa (French: duc de Raguse). In the Peninsular...
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