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Rafael del Riego

1784 - 1823

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Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the establishment of the Liberal Triennium (Trienio liberal in Spanish). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael del Riego has received more than 113,683 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael del Riego is the 4,371st most popular politician (down from 3,870th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Spain (down from 339th in 2019) and the 138th most popular Spanish Politician.

Rafael del Riego was a Spanish general who led a coup against the king of Spain, Ferdinand VII. He was executed for his actions, which led to the First Carlist War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael del Riego ranks 4,371 out of 15,577Before him are Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Igor Ivanov, John Hawkwood, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Volusianus, and Alberic II of Spoleto. After him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Diodotus Tryphon, Iry-Hor, Boris II of Bulgaria, Zakir Husain, and Mōri Motonari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Rafael del Riego ranks 14Before him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Leo von Klenze, and François Rude. After him are Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Peter von Cornelius, Ferdinand Ries, and Moses Montefiore. Among people deceased in 1823, Rafael del Riego ranks 13Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Ann Radcliffe, André-Jacques Garnerin, Charles François Dumouriez, Abraham-Louis Breguet, and Edmund Cartwright. After him are Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Markos Botsaris, and Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael del Riego ranks 391 out of 2,932Before him are Fernando Torres (1984), Ibn Zuhr (1091), Ordoño II of León (873), Mercedes of Orléans (1860), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), and Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794). After him are Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Joseph Calasanz (1556), Pompeu Fabra (1868), Peter Claver (1581), Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), and García II of Galicia (1042).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Rafael del Riego ranks 138Before him are Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), Ramiro II of León (898), Henry I of Castile (1204), and Ordoño II of León (873). After him are Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), García II of Galicia (1042), Theudis (470), Chindasuinth (563), and Juan, Count of Montizón (1822).