Don Jaime Miguel de Guzmán: Marquis of La Mina and His Military Career Cover Image

Don Jaime Miguel de Guzmán: el marqués de la Mina y su carrera militar
Don Jaime Miguel de Guzmán: Marquis of La Mina and His Military Career

Author(s): Marcin Karkut
Subject(s): History, Modern Age, 18th Century
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Marquis of La Mina; Spain; 18th century; military history

Summary/Abstract: The II marquis of la Mine was one of the Spanish officers most admirable in the Century of the Enlightenment who is still unknown in the European historiography. His most splendid military career started during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1713), later he participated in every Spanish military conflict in the first half of the 18th century. In 1754, he was appointed as a Captain General of a Spanish army and as a head of a Real Court of Catalonia. He died without descendents in 1767 in Barcelona.

  • Issue Year: 68/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-24
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Spanish