Manuel Godoy
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos (12 May 1767,
Badajoz,
Spain4 October 1851,
Paris,
France), 1st ''Prince of the Peace'', 1st ''Duke of Alcudia'', 1st ''Duke of Sueca'', 1st ''Baron of Mascalbó'', was the
First Secretary of State of the
Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and then from 1801 to 1808, and as such, one of the central Spanish political figures during the rise of
Napoleon and his
invasion of Spain. Godoy came to power at a young age as the
favourite of King
Charles IV and Queen
Maria Luisa. He has been partly blamed for the
Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 that brought an end to the
Spanish Empire. Godoy's unmatched power ended in 1808 with the
Tumult of Aranjuez, which forced him into a long exile, dying in
Paris in 1851.
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