Ramón Fernando Patiño, 3rd Marquis of Castelar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Patiño and the second or maternal family name is Castro.

Ramón Fernando Patiño Castro Osorio y Mariño (1753–1817) was a Spanish military commander.^[1]

Ramón Fernando Patiño, 3rd Marquis of Castelar
Born	26 June 1753 Zaragoza, Spain
Died	9 January 1817 Málaga, France
Rank	Captain-general
Battles / wars	American Revolutionary War War of the Pyrenees War of the Oranges Peninsular War

Early career

Peninsular War

Main article: Peninsular War

At the outbreak of the war, Castelar was appointed member of the Military Junta and, the following October, captain general of New Castile. At Madrid, he joined General Morla, who had been sent to Madrid as director-general of Artillery and who had started preparing the fortifications of the city, including the mountain passes on its approaches. Together, they were in charge of defending the capital.

However, with Napoleon rapidly approaching with a large force, Castelar abandoned the city, taking some five thousand troops and sixteen cannon with him to join General Heredia^[2] and retreat to Talavera de la Reina.^[2] Morla, following orders from the Junta of Defence, was left to capitulate to Napoleon on 4 December 1808.^[3]

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