Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo y Eguía (7 January 1803,
San Sebastián
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– 26 April 1857,
Madrid
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) was a Spanish military and the
marquis
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of
La Solana. In 1814 he became a knight's
page
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in the
Spanish Army
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, fought against the government of
Trienio Liberal, and then became the inspector of the
Voluntarios Realistas. Madrid historians mentioned Urbiztondo's participation to a dispute at the
Royal Palace of Madrid
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, which involved the
Duke of Cádiz
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, the
Duke of Valencia and
Joaquín Osorio y Silva-Bazán (who was killed by Urbiztondo).
In 1833 he was imprisoned at
Mérida due to the accusation that he is supposed-to-be connection to
Carlism
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, but he managed to escape to
Portugal
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.
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1803 births
1857 deaths
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