About Francisco González de Castejón
Lived 1767 – 1848 (aged 80–81). Francisco González de Castejón was a military leader.
Francisco González de Castejón y Veraiz (17671848) was a Spanish military commander.
Peninsular War
At the outbreak of the war, Castejón was a member of the Junta de Soria and participated in raising the battalions of Soria. In September 1808 he was appointed second-in-command of the 3rd Division of the Army of Andalucia and saw action at Tudela, as well as in several skirmishes, for which he was promoted to field marshal in March 1809. seeing action at Almonacid (August 1809) where he was wounded in the leg.
Post-war career In 1813, he was appointed military commander of Campo de Gibraltar and in 1816 he was appointed second-in-command to José de Palafox in Aragón.
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Francisco González de Castejón was born in 1767.
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Francisco González de Castejón died in 1848.
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Francisco González de Castejón was a military leader.
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