Carlos María de Alvear
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Carlos María de Alvear was an Argentine soldier, statesman and diplomat who served as the second Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 9 January to 15 April 1815. He pla
Carlos María de Alvear (1860), in a portrait by an unknown artist
Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León was a Spanish military commander and politician.
Carlos María de Alvear
…War, winning the Battle of Ituzaingó (20 February 1827). Alvear was born in Santo Ángel (today Santo Ângelo, Brazil), son of Spanish naval officer Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León and María Balbastro. An authority record of the Archivo General de la Nación gives his full baptismal name as Carlos Antonio José Gabino del Ángel de…
Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León
Bustamante's flotilla being intercepted by four British frigates commanded by Moore; Amphion reaches the Mercedes (by Francis Sartorius)