Nicolás Mahy Martín

Nicolás Mahy Martín (1757–1822) was a Spanish military commander.

Early career Mahy enlisted in the Compañía Flamenca de Reales Guardias de Corps in 1770, unit he would stay with for over thirty years, reaching the rank of brigadier. In 1794 he saw action in the War of the Pyrenees. He was promoted to Cavalry brigadier in 1798 and in 1803 he was appointed military and political commanding officer for the province of Tuy, in Galicia.

Peninsular War

He was promoted to field marshal a month after the outbreak of the war and in September 1808 was given command of the Reserve Division of General Blake's Army of Galicia, or Army of the Left.

In April 1809, La Romana gave him temporary command of the Army of Galicia while he himself hastened to Oviedo with one of his old corps from the Division of the North, the La Princesa Regiment, and where he staged a minor coup d’état against the Junta.

Post-war career With the Trienio Liberal and the restoration of the Constitution in 1820, Mahy was appointed captain general of Old Castile and of Cuba in 1821, post he held at the time of his death.