High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Don Miguel Ricardo de Alava y Esquivel Order of Santiago, Order of Charles III, KCB, MWO (7 July 1770 – 14 July 1843) was a Spanish General and statesman. He was born in the Basque Country of Spain, at Vitoria-Gasteiz, in 1770. Alava holds the distinction of having been present at both Trafalgar and Waterloo, fighting against the British on the former and with them on the latter. Alava served as a naval aide-de-camp during the time of Spain's alliance with France but switched sides following Napoleon's invasion of his homeland in 1808. Later he joined the headquarters of Wellington's Peninsular Army as a military attache, eventually becoming one of the Duke's finest and closest companions. He played a crucial role in the Battle of Vitoria and was present at the Battle of Bussaco, where he was made Brigadier. Having attached himself to Wellington's staff, Alava stuck close to the Duke during the Battle of Waterloo. Yet, despite being in the...

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