María Inés Juliana Bellido Vallejos, widely known as María Bellido was a legendary Spanish heroine of the War of Independence, specifically during the Battle of Bailén of 1808, against Napoleon's army
Maria Bellido, at the Battle of Bailén (19 July 1808)
Plaque in Calle María Bellido.
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The Grande Armée was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1812 it won a series of military victories that allowed the Firs
María Inés Juliana Bellido Vallejos
…widely known as María Bellido was a legendary Spanish heroine of the War of Independence, specifically during the Battle of Bailén of 1808, against Napoleon's army. María was born in the town of Porcuna in Jaén, one of nine children of Francisco Elías Bellido and Catalina Ballejos. She married Luis Domingo Cobo…
Napoleon Distributing the Legion of Honour at the Camp of Boulogne by Philippe-Auguste Hennequin. Napoleon is shown at the Camp of Boulogne on August 16, 1804
The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805, by François Gérard
Napoleon reviewing the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Jena, 14 October 1806
Charge of the French cuirassiers at Friedland (1807), by Ernest Meissonier