José Carrillo de Albornoz y Montiel, 1st Duke of Montemar was a Spanish Army officer and nobleman who served as the viceroy of Sicily from 1734 to 1737. He was one of the leading military men of the e
Oil portrait by Joaquín Serrano, Prado museum.
War of the Polish Succession
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The War of the Polish Succession was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powe
José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Montemar
…Turks (which had taken both cities in 1708. The following year he commanded the Spanish army that fought and defeated the Austrians in Italy during the War of Polish Succession. His greatest victory was the Battle of Bitonto on 25 May 1734, which sealed Spanish control of Naples. For this victory, the king Philip V of Spain…
Augustus II; his death in February 1733 sparked the war
Stanisław Leszczyński, painting by Jean-Baptiste van Loo
Augustus III of Poland, painting by Louis de Silvestre
French Royal Army fusiliers as they dressed in 1735