Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor

Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor by Agustín Esteve, 1798

Martín Antonio Álvarez de Sotomayor y Soto-Flores, 1st count of Colomera (1723–1819) was a Spanish general.[1][2]

He fought in Italy during the War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735) and was marechal de camp during the 1762 war with Portugal. From 1788 to 1790 he was viceroy of Navarre and during the American Revolutionary War he led the Great Siege of Gibraltar until 1795, when he was demoted merely to command its Spanish contingent. He was a minister and recipient of the order of Charles III, but died without issue.[3]

References

  1. ↑ MCNBiografias.com. "Álvarez de Sotomayor, Martín (1723-1819). » MCNBiografias.com". www.mcnbiografias.com.
  2. ↑ TheBiography.us. "Biography of Martín Álvarez de Sotomayor (1723-1819)".
  3. ↑ "Martín Antonio Álvarez de Sotomayor y Soto-Flores, Count of Colomera - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es.
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