Luis Figueroa y Casaus

Luis Maria Jose Marcelo Eduardo Figueroa Casaus (11 May 1781 – 1853) was a Spanish soldier, businessman, and merchant. An afrancesado, he supported King Joseph Bonaparte and then fought for Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo as a commander. He was then exiled to Marseille, where he took a series of decisive steps to consolidate himself as one of the great merchants of the city and anticipate the Mediterranean lead trade. The surname Figueroa makes up the most important saga of businessmen linked to Spanish mining and metallurgy of the 19th century.