José María de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Albuquerque

General José Miguel de la Cueva y de la Cerda, 14th Duke of Alburquerque (1775–1811) was an aristocrat, diplomat, and senior Spanish officer in the Peninsular War.

Biography Early career After serving as a cadet in the Queen's Dragoons Regiment (Regimiento de Dragones de la Reina), he was promoted to captain in 1792. Thanks to his family's influence, he was rapidly promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1793, to colonel the following year and, in 1795, at the age of 19, he was promoted to Cavalry brigadier and given the command of the Lusitania Dragoons Regiment. and shortly after his division was forced to retreat at Consuegra by Sebastiani, who had arrived with his 1st division of the 4th Corps, and two brigades of Latour-Maubourg's cavalry.