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Rafael del Riego

1784 - 1823

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Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician who played a key role in the establishment of the Liberal Triennium (Trienio liberal in Spanish). The failure of the Cádiz army to set sail has been identified as the most important factor in the loss of Spanish control over the Río de la Plata. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael del Riego is the 4,128th most popular politician (up from 4,440th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 394th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Spanish Politician.

Rafael del Riego was a Spanish general who led a coup against the king of Spain, Ferdinand VII. He was executed for his actions, which led to the First Carlist War.

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Among politicians, Rafael del Riego ranks 4,128 out of 19,576. Before him are Yolande of Aragon, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Mohammad Khodabanda, Menahem, 12th Dalai Lama, and Pepin II of Aquitaine. After him are Roza Otunbayeva, Antonius Felix, Hisham I of Córdoba, Emperor Yōmei, Yelü Dashi, and Queen Munjeong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Rafael del Riego ranks 12. Before him are Louis Spohr, Karl Thomas Mozart, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Leigh Hunt, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Leo von Klenze, François Rude, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, and Friedrich Kalkbrenner. Among people deceased in 1823, Rafael del Riego ranks 11. Before him are Lazare Carnot, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Jacques Charles, Charles François Dumouriez, André-Jacques Garnerin, and Ann Radcliffe. After him are Abraham-Louis Breguet, Edmund Cartwright, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Markos Botsaris, and Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael del Riego ranks 343 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Severo Ochoa (1905), Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), Yolande of Aragon (1384), and Emilio Butragueño (1963). After him are Hisham I of Córdoba (757), Sancho III of Castile (1134), César Rodríguez Álvarez (1920), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), Francisco Largo Caballero (1869), and Blanche II of Navarre (1424).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Rafael del Riego ranks 121. Before him are Berengaria of Castile (1180), Ramiro II of León (898), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), and Yolande of Aragon (1384). After him are Hisham I of Córdoba (757), Sancho III of Castile (1134), Francisco Largo Caballero (1869), Blanche II of Navarre (1424), Ali ibn Yusuf (1083), and Alfonso V of León (994).

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