Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid
Argentine military officer
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Comandante General Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid (or "de La Madrid"; 28 November 1795 in San Miguel de Tucumán – 5 January 1857 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine military officer and briefly, governor of several provinces like Córdoba, Mendoza and his native province of Tucumán.[1][2]
Lamadrid fought beside General Belgrano and General San Martín during the Argentine War of Independence, as a prominent cavalry officer of the Army of the North, where he won a number of famous small actions in Upper Peru such as Tambo Nuevo in 1813 and Culpina in 1816. As a general commanding Unitarian forces in the civil wars which followed, Lamadrid fought alongside General José María Paz in the battles of La Tablada, San Roque, and Oncativo.[3]
Like many other nineteenth century Argentines prominent in public life, Lamadrid was a freemason.[4]
Lamadrid's body is buried in the Cathedral of San Miguel de Tucumán.
The football club Club Atlético General Lamadrid of the Metropolitan 4th Division are named in his honour.
