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Manuel Godoy

1767 - 1851

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Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Rios (12 May 1767, Badajoz, Spain – 4 October 1851, Paris, France), 1st Prince of the Peace, 1st Duke of Alcudia, 1st Duke of Sueca, 1st Baron of Mascalbó, was the First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and then from 1801 to 1808, and as such, 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. He has been partly blamed for the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 that brought an end to the Spanish Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Godoy has received more than 279,913 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Manuel Godoy is the 2,430th most popular politician (up from 2,486th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Spain (up from 225th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Spanish Politician.

Manuel Godoy was a Spanish general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He is most famous for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, when he served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel Godoy ranks 2,430 out of 15,577. Before him are Psusennes I, Mursili I, Alcinous, Emperor Kōan, Tarō Asō, and Bernardo O'Higgins. After him are John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Pierre Trudeau, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, and George William, Elector of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Manuel Godoy ranks 13. Before him are John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, and Nicolas Oudinot. After him are Henri Christophe, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Maria Theresa of Austria, Rama II of Siam, Andreas Hofer, and Marie of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1851, Manuel Godoy ranks 12. Before him are James Fenimore Cooper, Karl Drais, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover. After him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Gaspare Spontini, Rama III, John James Audubon, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Manuel Godoy ranks 217 out of 2,932. Before him are Carmen Amaya (1913), Judah Halevi (1079), Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Jacinto Benavente (1866), and Pomponius Mela (15). After him are Eulalia of Mérida (290), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Huneric (450), Antonio Machado (1875), Javier Bardem (1969), and Joanna la Beltraneja (1462).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Manuel Godoy ranks 78. Before him are Alfonso the Battler (1073), Henry III of Castile (1379), Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567). After him are Huneric (450), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), Felipe González (1942), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799), and Alfonso IX of León (1171).

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