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Manual Godoy , of its Manual of Godoy Álvarez de Faria Ríos Sánchez Zarzosa, príncipe of Paz there of Basano, duque complete name of Alcúdia there of Succa , is the favorite of Charles IV and the lover his wife. He was twice Prime Minister and its disastrous policy ends in the invasion of Spain and the abdication of Charles IV.

Born the May 12th 1767 with Castuera in a poor family, it engaged in the royal guard and was quickly noticed by the woman of the heir to the throne, Marie Louise of Parma. In 1788 Charles IV goes up on the throne and names in 1792 Godoy Prime Minister to replace the count d' Aranda.

Its first decision was to try to save Louis XVI. Its attempt failed and a conflict burst with France with some successes and quickly of the defeats which ended in the Paix of Basle. It accepted then the title of Prince of Peace ( Príncipe of Spanish Paz in ).

It reinforces the bonds with France by the Traité of San Ildefonso. After the naval defeat of the Holy Cape Vincent in 1798, Godoy had to resign but remained however influential.

He is again Prime Minister in 1801 and is combined with France to invade the Portugal, combined of England. This war is known under the name of Guerre of the Oranges which leads to the capitulation of Portugal. The interests of Spain were sacrificed to the Traité of Amiens in 1802. The opposition to king Charles grows.

It succeeds in maintaining a certain neutrality of Spain, but was combined again with France and the allied Spanish navy with the French navy undergoes a new naval defeat with Trafalgar. Despite everything, its relation with Napoleon does not weaken and leads to the Traité of Fontainebleau in 1807 which organized the dismemberment of Portugal to the profit of Spain, France and Godoy. The southern zone of Portugal would have returned to Godoy and its family like principat of los Algarves. Napoleon, once more, betrays Spain. The furious opposition reversed Charles IV with the profit of his son Ferdinand and tried to kill Godoy. After the Interview of Bayonne in 1808, Napoleon stopped Ferdinand and Charles flees with Godoy in Rome where it remained with him until the death of Charles in 1819.

He lived modestly in Paris and died there the October 4th 1851. He will first of all be buried in the church Saint-Roch, but the following year he is transferred to the Cimetière from the Father-Lachaise where he rests from now on in peace.

Sources

Godoy, Handbook of. (2005). Encyclopædia Britannica.

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