Conde de Belvedere

Ramón Patiño, Count of Belvedere (in Spanish, conde de Belveder ) was a Spanish military commander during the Peninsular War.

Charles Oman (Oman, 1902) referred to Belvedere as "... a rash and headstrong young aristocrat with no military experience whatever. His family influence had made him a general at an age when he might reasonably have expected to lead a company, and he found himself by chance the interim commander of an army: hence came the astonishing series of blunders that led to the combat of Gamonal".

Marching from Madrid, Belvedere had arrived at Burgos on 7 November, to strengthen its garrison of 1,600 men, and four guns, and the following day they were joined by the 2nd Division of the same army, with about 3,000 infantry and two regiments of hussars. Belvedere took the command as the senior general present.

At Gamonal, he lined up his troops against a far larger number of French units whose seven regiments of cavalry delivered a devastating charge at the Spanish infantry in the plain and the regiment of Spanish hussars covering their flank was "swept away like chaff before the wind"

His 2nd Division was later incorporated into the Duque del Parque's Army of the Left, with which he fought at Tamames (October 1809), as the 3rd Division (Reserve) and, the following month, at Alba de Tormes, as the 2nd Division, with 6,415 men and 344 officers under his command. In November 1809, his 2nd Division formed the reserve of Del Parque's Army of Castile. taking over from Taboada in July.