Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Rios, 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.
Detail of the Portrait of Manuel Godoy, 1801
Godoy in 1788 as a Guardia de Corps, by Francisco Folch de Cardona
Godoy wearing the cross of the Order of Santiago (c. 1790, anonymous)
Godoy by Francisco Bayeu (1790)
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population in 2011 was 151,565.
Image: Badajoz desde la Torre de Espantaperros
Image: Badajoz, Spain (48546946381)
Image: Ayuntamiento, Badajoz, España, 2020 07 22, DD 07
Statue of Ibn Marwan in Badajoz