Manuel Godoy

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Spanish statesman human nobleman politician

Manuel Godoy was a powerful Spanish statesman and favorite of King Charles IV who effectively ruled Spain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and played a controversial role in its politics and foreign alliances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Manuel de Godoy 3
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1767-05-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Badajoz ⓘ
Extremadura NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfPoliticalDownfall Mutiny of Aranjuez ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Spain ⓘ
deathDate 1851-10-04 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
endTimeOfMostNotableOffice 1798 ⓘ
familyName Godoy ⓘ
fullName Manuel Godoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria
givenName Manuel ⓘ
knownFor being favorite of King Charles IV of Spain ⓘ
controversial role in the lead-up to the Peninsular War ⓘ
dominant role in Spanish politics in the 1790s and early 1800s ⓘ
pro-French foreign policy ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Grandees of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish nobility
militaryRank Generalissimo of the Armies ⓘ
monarchServed Charles IV of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ferdinand VII of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Alcudia ⓘ
Duke of Alcudia ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Sueca

Prince of the Peace ⓘ
notableEvent Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War

War of the Oranges (as related conflict) ⓘ
surface form: War of the Oranges

War of the Pyrenees ⓘ
notableWork Treaty of Basel (1795) ⓘ
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796) ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Alcudia ⓘ
First Secretary of State of Spain ⓘ
Generalissimo of Spain ⓘ
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Spain

Prince of the Peace ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
secondTermAsPrimeMinisterEnd 1808 ⓘ
secondTermAsPrimeMinisterStart 1801 ⓘ
spouse Josefa de Tudó ⓘ
María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga ⓘ
startTimeOfMostNotableOffice 1792 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles IV of Spain → advisor → Manuel Godoy ⓘ
La Maja Desnuda → commissionedBy → Manuel Godoy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manuel de Godoy
La Maja Vestida → commissionedBy → Manuel Godoy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manuel de Godoy
Manuel Godoy → fullName → Manuel Godoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria
Mutiny of Aranjuez → participant → Manuel Godoy ⓘ
La Maja Desnuda → previousOwner → Manuel Godoy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manuel de Godoy