"Prince of the Peace" redirects here. For the title, see Prince of the Peace (title).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Godoy and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez de Faria.
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His Highness The Most Excellent and Most Serene
The Prince of the Peace
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Detail of the Portrait of Manuel Godoy, 1801
First Secretary of State
In office 15 November 1792 – 28 March 1798
Monarch
Charles IV
Preceded by
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea
Succeeded by
Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis
Personal details
Born
(1767-05-12)12 May 1767 Badajoz, Spain
Died
4 October 1851(1851-10-04) (aged 84) Paris, France
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Spouses
Doña María Teresa Carolina de Borbón y Vallabriga
(m. 1797; div. 1808)
Josefa de Tudó
(m. 1829)
Children
Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca
Manuel de Godoy y Tudó
Luis de Godoy y Tudó
Signature
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Rios (12 May 1767, Badajoz, Spain – 4 October 1851, Paris, France), 1st Prince of the Peace, 1st Duke of Alcudia, 1st Duke of Sueca, 1st Baron of Mascalbó, was the First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and then from 1801 to 1808, and as such, one of the central Spanish political figures during the rise of Napoleon and his invasion of Spain.[1] Godoy came to power at a young age as the favourite of King Charles IV and Queen Maria Luisa. He has been partly blamed for the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 that brought an end to the Spanish Empire.[2] Godoy's unmatched power ended in 1808 with the Tumult of Aranjuez, which forced him into a long exile, dying in Paris in 1851.
^Douglas Hilt, "Manuel Godoy: Prince of Peace." History Today (Dec 1971), Vol. 21 Issue 12, pp. 833-841.
^Lord Byron (1 June 2009). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. The Floating Press. ISBN 978-1-77541-569-5.
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Rios (12 May 1767, Badajoz, Spain – 4 October 1851, Paris, France), 1st Prince of the Peace, 1st Duke of Alcudia, 1st...
son of ManuelGodoy Matilde de Godoy di Bassano, 4th Countess of Castillo Fiel (1830–1901), Spanish-Italian aristocrat, daughter of ManuelGodoy, 2nd Prince...
Portrait of ManuelGodoy is a large 1801 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, now in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San...
climbing. He was appointed Director of the Royal Academy in 1795, the year ManuelGodoy made an unfavorable treaty with France. In 1799, Goya became Primer Pintor...
animated shorts within Black Sands Studios. It was founded in 2016 by ManuelGodoy and his wife, Geiszel, who serves as an author and producer and distributes...
1788 to 1808 leading up to the Peninsular War. Her relationship with ManuelGodoy and influence over the King made her unpopular among the people and aristocrats...
Spain 1st class. It was created by King Charles IV of Spain in 1792 for ManuelGodoy, who was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801...
Spain 1st class. It was created by King Charles IV of Spain in 1804 for ManuelGodoy, who was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801...
country. They were bolstered by Spanish troops under the command of Manuel de Godoy. Godoy had, under his command, the Spanish Army of Extremadura, with five...
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is an Argentine sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. The club is best known for its...
marshal of the palace Géraud Duroc and Eugenio Izquierdo, an agent for ManuelGodoy. The treaty proposed to carve up Portugal into three entities. Porto...
Chinchon (1800) Charles IV of Spain and His Family (1800–01) Portrait of ManuelGodoy (1801) Portrait of Doña Isabel de Porcel (1804–05) Portrait of the Marchioness...
Maria Carolina wanted her daughter to poison the Queen of Spain and ManuelGodoy, Spain's prime minister. However, as with most poison rumours of the...
woman reclining on a bed of pillows, and was probably commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, to hang in his private collection in a separate cabinet reserved for...
third going to the Spanish Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy, along with the title Prince of the Algarve. Godoy was seduced, and accepted the French offer...
and a fine set of armour for the newly reappointed Prime Minister, ManuelGodoy. In return Napoleon was offered sixteen Spanish horses from the royal...
233–245. doi:10.3989/aearte.2004.v77.i307.229. ISSN 0004-0428. Arnaiz, José Manuel, Las pinturas negras de Goya, Madrid, Antiqvaria, 1996. ISBN 978-84-86508-45-6...
supporters. Before the mutiny, Charles IV's valido, or prime minister, Manuel de Godoy, a former member of the Royal Guard, had become unpopular among both...
authority—breach of fueros—and talks came to a deadlock on accession of ManuelGodoy to office. The central government started to enforce its decisions single-handedly...
Minister Manuel de Godoy for his private collection. This claim would suggest the woman in the paintings to be Pepita Tudó, the mistress of Godoy. However...
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