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Manuel Godoy
Sign in to saveAlso known as Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria de los Ríos Sánchez Zarzosa, Manuel, Príncipe de la Paz Godoy, Manuel Godoy Príncipe de la Paz, Manuel, Príncipe de la Paz Godoy y Alvárez de Faria, Manuel de Godoy y Alvarez de Faria de los Rios Sanchez Zarzosa, Manuel Godoy Principe de la Paz, Manuel de Godoy, Prince of Peace
Prime Minister of Spain (1767-1851)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Charles IV
- Preceded by
- Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea
- Succeeded by
- Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis
- Born
- ( 1767-05-12 ) 12 May 1767, Badajoz , Spain
- Died
- 4 October 1851 (1851-10-04) (aged 84), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Spouses
- Doña María Teresa Carolina de Borbón y Vallabriga ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1797 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1808 ) Josefa de Tudó ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1829 )
- Children
- Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca Manuel de Godoy y Tudó Luis de Godoy y Tudó
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Badajoz
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- president
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Military rank
- generalissimo
- Image
- Manuel de Godoy, por Francisco Bayeu (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando).jpg
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- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons category
- Manuel de Godoy
- date of birth
- 1767-05-12
- date of death
- 1851-10-04
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Manuel de Godoy
- owner of
- The Clothed Maja
- second family name in Spanish name
- Álvarez
- birth name
- Manuel Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- unmarried partner
- Maria Luisa of Parma
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Encyclopedic overview
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos, 1st Prince of the Peace (12 May 1767 – 4 October 1851) was First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He was one of the central Spanish political figures during the rise of Napoleon and his invasion of Spain. Godoy came to power at a young age as the favourite of King Charles IV and Queen Maria Luisa, with whom he had a sexual relationship. He has been partly blamed for the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 that weakened the Spanish Empire. Godoy's unmatched power ended in 1808 with the Tumult of Aranjuez, which forced him into a long exile. He died in Paris in 1851.
Birth and family
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