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The Marquess of Reunión and New Spain | |
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59th Viceroy of New Spain | |
In office 14 September 1810 – 4 March 1813 | |
Monarch | Ferdinand VII of Spain |
Preceded by | Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont |
Succeeded by | Félix María Calleja del Rey |
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Born | Francisco Javier Venegas de Saavedra y Rodríguez de Arenzana 2 December 1754 Zafra, Spain |
Died | February 18, 1838 Madrid, Spain | (aged 83)
Nationality | Spanish |
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Francisco Javier Venegas de Saavedra y Ramínez de Arenzana, 1st Marquess of Reunión and New Spain, KOC (1754 in Zafra, Badajoz, Spain – 1838 in Zafra, Spain) was a Spanish general in the Spanish War of Independence and later viceroy of New Spain from September 14, 1810, to March 4, 1813, during the first phase of the Mexican War of Independence.