Vicente González Moreno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish general
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Place of Birth: Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
About Vicente González Moreno
- Vicente González Moreno (9 December 1778, Cádiz – 6 September 1839) was a Spanish general who supported the Carlists during the First Carlist War.
- He was appointed commander of Carlist forces after the death of Zumalacárregui. As a cadet, he participated in the Spanish War of Independence, achieving the rank of brigadier.
- He declared himself in support of the Carlist uprising in 1832.
- He was imprisoned but managed to escape to Portugal and join the retinue of Don Carlos, with whom he traveled to England.
- He returned to Spain in 1835. He lost the Battle of Mendigorria in 1835. An enemy of Rafael Maroto, he opposed the so-called Convenio de Vergara, the agreement that ended the First Carlist War.
- He fled to France but was assassinated by Carlist soldiers at Urdax on September 6, 1839.
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