Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Miguel Ricardo de Álava

Spanish general

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1772

Place of Birth: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1843

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel (7 July 1770 – 14 July 1843) was a Spanish General and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1835.
He was born in the Basque Country, at Vitoria-Gasteiz, in 1770.
Álava holds the distinction of having been present at Trafalgar, and Waterloo, fighting against the British at the former and with them at the latter.Alava served as a naval aide-de-camp during the time of Spain's alliance with France but switched sides in 1808 when Napoleon invaded Spain.
The Spanish Cortes appointed him commissary (military attaché) at the British Army Headquarters, and the Duke of Wellington, who regarded him with great favour, made him one of his aides de camp.
Before the close of the campaign he had risen to the rank of brigadier-general.
Later he joined the headquarters of the British Peninsular Army as a military attaché and became a close friend of the Duke of Wellington.
During the Waterloo Campaign in 1815, Alava was the Spanish ambassador to The Hague at the court of King William I of the Netherlands, which allowed him to attend the Duchess of Richmond's ball and to be at Wellington's side during the Battle of Waterloo.



Alternative names	G. Daoe; D. Doj; Dawe; [Dawe]
Description	English portrait painter
Date of birth/death	8 February 1781	15 October 1829
Location of birth/death	St James's, Westminster	Kentish Town
Work location	Saint Petersburg (1818–1828)
Authority control	: Q1507231 VIAF: 22413721 ISNI: 0000 0000 6660 9928 ULAN: 500021368 LCCN: n83227323 WGA: DAWE, George WorldCat