Everything about Luis De Benavides Carrillo Marquis Of Caracena totally explained
Luis Francisco de Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, Marquis of Caracena, Marquis of Fromista (
Valencia,
September 20 1608 -
Madrid,
January 6 1668) was a
Spanish general and
political figure. He served as
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between
1659 and
1664.
Raised in a noble Spanish family, he made career in the army during the many battles in
Italy and Flanders between
1629 and
1659. He conquered the fortress of
Casale Monferrato in
1652.
He was
Governor of Milan between
1648 and
1656.
After the defeat of
John of Austria the Younger in the
Battle of the Dunes (1658), Caracena was appointed as his successor the next year. After the conclusion of the
Treaty of the Pyrenees, the Habsburg Netherlands had a period of peace. Despite this fact, government wasn't easy for Caracena, because by this time Spain was as good as bankrupt.
In
1664 he returned to Spain, to assume command of the war against
Portugal, which wasn't going very well after the defeat in
1663 in the
Battle of Ameixial, near
Estremoz of the same
John of Austria the Younger. Caracena wasn't able to change the tide, he was defeated in the
Battle of Montes Claros, near
Vila Viçosa in
1665.
After the battle, Caracena was charged with treason and cowardness.
But he defended himself claiming (not without reason) that not he was to blame, but the bad state of the Spanish army.
Afterwards, he was disregarded and died of disease in
1668.
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