Pablo Muñoz de la Morena
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7 July 1769
Pablo Muñoz de la Morena | |
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| Hero of Peninsular War | |
| Monarch | Fernando VII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pablo Muñoz de la Morena y Martínez-Zarco 7 July 1769 El Toboso, Spain |
| Died | 9 September 1848 (aged 79) Alcañices, Spain |
| Resting place | Alcañices, Spain |
| Spouse | 2 |
| Children | 6 |
| Profession | Militar |
| Awards | Cross of the Battle of Mengíbar |
| Signature |  |
| Nickname | Pablo Amaro / Tennant Muñoz de la Morena |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Spain |
| Branch/service |  Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 31 |
| Rank | Tennant |
| Unit | Regimiento de Dragones de Lusitania Regimiento de Milicias Provinciales de Alcázar de San Juan |
| Commands | Special Operations Command in Villelongue-dels-Monts Head of the Company of Hunters Commander of Arms of El Toboso |
| Battles/wars | War of the Pyrenees War of the Oranges Peninsular War |
Teniente Pablo Muñoz de la Morena y Martínez-Zarco (7 July 1769 – 9 September 1848) was a Spanish cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars, considered a Hero of the Peninsular War, who served also with distinction in the Spanish-French (1793-1795) and Spanish-Portugal (1801) wars. King Fernando VII decorated him in the battle of Mengíbar (1808)
He was born in El Toboso, the village of Dulcinea in Cervantes's Don Quixote, within a noble family living there since the 15th century, owners of 8,692 hectares.
He was the descendant of major Bartolomé Martínez de la Morena, crossbowmen of Emperor Carlos I, Dr Esteban Martínez-Zarco y Muñoz de Horcajada, rector del Collegio di Spagna (1555-1561) and Bachelor Diego Ortiz-Vivanco de la Plaza y Martínez de la Morena, member of the Order of Santiago. In 1801 he married his cousin Juana-María Cano Coronado and later, in 1826, he married Basilisa Fernández Carrasco, both with Royal permission. Between 1820 and 1823 he was appointed trustee of the City Council of El Toboso and local Commander of Arms. He died in Alcañices in 1848, where he had gone to spend a season with his youngest son, being buried in the parish cemetery.
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