Manuel Godoy
The Prince of the Peace | |
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Detail of the Portrait of Manuel Godoy, 1801 | |
| First Secretary of State | |
| In office 15 November 1792 – 28 March 1798 | |
| Monarch | Charles IV |
| Preceded by | Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1767 Badajoz, Spain |
| Died | 4 October 1851 (aged 84) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
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Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos, 1st Prince of the Peace (12 May 1767 – 4 October 1851) was First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He was one of the central Spanish political figures during the rise of Napoleon and his invasion of Spain. Godoy came to power at a young age as the favourite of King Charles IV and Queen Maria Luisa, with whom he had a sexual relationship. He has been partly blamed for the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 that weakened the Spanish Empire. Godoy's unmatched power ended in 1808 with the Tumult of Aranjuez, which forced him into a long exile. He died in Paris in 1851.