Francisco Solano

Francisco María Solano Ortiz de Rozas (10 October 1768 – 29 May 1808), 2nd Marquis de Socorro and 6th Marquis de la Solana, was a Spanish military officer.

Solano was one of the three captains-general slain by the Spanish population following the Madrid Uprising (2 May 1808), the two others being Filanghieri in Galicia and Count Torre del Fresno in Estremadura. where he set up free schools based on the methods of the Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. However, Solano did not enter Portugal until 2 December, three days after Junot had entered Lisbon.

Following the Madrid Uprising (2 May 1808), Solano was killed on 27 May by an angry mob that suspected him of collaborating with the French, especially with the French fleet moored in the Bay of Cadiz. Escaping an initial attempt on his life, he took refuge at a friend's house, from which he was captured and led to an improvised gallows. On the way there, he was stabbed to death.