Francisco Savalls Massot (1817–1885) also known as Francesc Savalls i Massot, was a Spanish Catalan
Carlist
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warlord and
guerilla
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field commander. He was born in the
Province of Girona
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. He fought in all three of the
Carlist Wars
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on the side of the Carlists. After the defeat of
Carlos, Duke of Madrid in 1876, he went into exile in France, where he died in Nice on 19 November 1885.
References
Further reading
Narración militar de la guerra carlista de 1869 a 1876(in
Spanish
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). El cuerpo de estado mayor del ejército, 1887.
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1817 births
1885 deaths
People from Baix Empordà
Military personnel of the First Carlist War
Spanish military personnel of the Third Carlist War (Legitimist faction)
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