Juan Mackenna
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Brigadier Juan Mackenna was an Irish-born, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. He is considered to have been the creator of the Corps of Military Engineers of the Chi
Juan Mackena
His granddaughter Elena Mackenna Serrano de Errázuriz Oil on canvas Exequiel Plaza
Alejandro O'Reilly
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Lieutenant-General Alejandro O'Reilly, 1st Count of O'Reilly, KOA was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Louisiana from April to December 1769. Born in Ire
Juan Mackenna
…Monaghan, Ireland, the son of William MacKenna, of Willville House near Monaghan town, and Eleanora O'Reilly and, on his mother's side, a nephew to Count Alejandro O'Reilly. Count O'Reilly took an interest in the young Mackenna and took him to Spain where he studied at the Royal School of Mathematics in Barcelona. He also…
Portrait by Francisco Goya
Street in Cádiz, which honours the memory of Marshal Alejandro, Conde de O'Reilly (1723, Baltrasna, County Meath, Ireland – 1794 in Bonete, Spain.