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Miguel Ricardo de Álava

1772 - 1843

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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 both 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Ricardo de Álava has received more than 54,628 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Miguel Ricardo de Álava is the 1,294th most popular military personnel (down from 1,263rd in 2019), the 993rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,038th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Miguel Ricardo de Álava has had the most page views in the with 14,195 views, followed by Spanish (13,503), and Russian (1,404). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (109.05%), Finnish (43.16%), and Yoruba (39.21%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miguel Ricardo de Álava ranks 1,294 out of 2,058. Before him are Ferenc Wesselényi, Vladimir Kappel, Felix von Luckner, John Paul Jones, Nikolai Linevich, and Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas. After him are Oleg Kalugin, Hans Graf von Sponeck, August Kork, Erich Abraham, Ludwig von Reuter, and Rolf Carls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Miguel Ricardo de Álava ranks 28. Before him are Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Solomon II of Imereti, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Gerhard von Kügelgen. After him are Luke Howard, Friedrich Gilly, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Hồ Xuân Hương, and Cristóbal Mendoza. Among people deceased in 1843, Miguel Ricardo de Álava ranks 19. Before him are Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Robert Southey, Charles Macintosh, Alexis Bouvard, Jakob Friedrich Fries, and Ippolito Rosellini. After him are Casimir Delavigne, John Trumbull, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Francis Scott Key, Kazim Rashti, and John Biscoe.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel Ricardo de Álava ranks 993 out of 3,355. Before him are Ángel María Villar (1950), Louis Bertrand (1526), Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Juan José Omella (1946), Alberto Contador (1982), and Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945). After him are Juan Pizarro (1511), Josep Comas i Solà (1868), Joaquín Sabina (1949), Galindo Aznárez I (825), Luis Regueiro (1908), and Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo (1787).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Miguel Ricardo de Álava ranks 27. Before him are Cristóbal de Olid (1487), Juan Yagüe (1891), Juan Martín Díez (1775), Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875), Miguel Cabanellas (1872), and Agustina de Aragón (1786). After him are Vicente Rojo Lluch (1894), Tomás de Zumalacárregui (1788), José Enrique Varela (1891), Juan Modesto (1906), José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), and Valentín González (1904).

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