In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Weyler and the second or maternal family name is Nicolau.
Valeriano Weyler
Governor-General of Cuba
In office 11 February 1896 – 31 October 1897 (1896-02-11 – 1897-10-31)[1]
Monarch
Alfonso XIII
Preceded by
Sabas Marín y González
Succeeded by
Ramón Blanco y Erenas
Governor-General of the Philippines
In office 5 June 1888 – 17 November 1891 (1888-06-05 – 1891-11-17)
Monarch
Alfonso XIII
Preceded by
Emilio Terrero y Perinat
Succeeded by
Eulogio Despujol y Dusay
Other offices
Minister of War
In office
4 December 1906 – 25 January 1907 (1906-12-04 – 1907-01-25);
1 month and 21 days
Preceded by
Agustín de Luque y Coca
Succeeded by
Francisco Loño y Pérez
In office
23 June – 1 December 1905 (1905-06-23 – 1905-12-01);
5 months and 8 days
Preceded by
Vicente Martitegui
Succeeded by
Agustín de Luque y Coca
In office
6 March 1901 – 6 December 1902 (1901-03-06 – 1902-12-06);
1 year and 9 months
Preceded by
Arsenio Linares y Pombo
Succeeded by
Arsenio Linares y Pombo
Personal details
Born
Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau
(1838-09-17)17 September 1838 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Died
20 October 1930(1930-10-20) (aged 92) Madrid, Spain
Political party
Liberal Party
Military service
Allegiance
Spain
Branch
Spanish Army
Rank
Captain General
Commands
6th Army Corps
Wars
Ten Years' War
Third Carlist War
Cuban War of Independence
Spanish–American War
Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, 1st Duke of Rubí, 1st Marquess of Tenerife (17September 1838 – 20October 1930) was a Spanish general and colonial administrator who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines and Cuba,[2] and later as Spanish Minister for War.
^Navarro García 1998, pp. 181–182.
^Austin, Heather. "The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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friend, was arrested in January 1894. In reaction to the bombing, ValerianoWeyler was installed with the mandate of hunting anarchists and declared martial...
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island was in a terrible economic depression, and Spanish general ValerianoWeyler, sent to crush the rebellion, herded Cuban peasants into concentration...
soldiers were to arrive in Cuba in three years—. In January 1896 General ValerianoWeyler relieved General Arsenio Martínez Campos —who had failed to put an...
and Negros Occidental by a royal decree executed by Governor General ValerianoWeyler on January 1, 1890. Dumaguete was also made the capital of the new...
Lanao del Norte was also constructed in 1891 on the orders of General ValerianoWeyler in its renewed campaign against the Maranaos. The Fuerza de San Miguel...
1891, Governor General ValerianoWeyler personally led a campaign against the Maguindanao and Maranao. In the next few months, Weyler erected a fort in Parang-Parang...
General ValerianoWeyler is attacked at Bocairente, northwest of Alcoy, by a greatly superior Carlist force under General José Santés. Weyler is initially...
and Negros Occidental by a royal decree executed by Governor General ValerianoWeyler on January 1, 1890. Dumaguete was made the first and only capital of...
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Giovanni Mistretta on the Lower East Side, he claimed to be related to ValerianoWeyler, the last governor of Spanish-ruled Cuba. In reality, he was born to...
sabotage tactics. The Spaniards began a campaign of suppression. General ValerianoWeyler, the military governor of Cuba, herded the rural population into what...
Pakpak were recorded; in 1891 against forces sent by Governor General ValerianoWeyler and in 1895 against forces sent by Governor General Ramón Blanco. In...
comprehensive plan to subdue the tribes of the Cordilleras, Governor-General ValerianoWeyler established the Comandancia Politico-Militar of Kayapa, which covered...
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