Field marshal. Marquis of Coupigny. Born in Arras in the Artois-Flandre. Due to his noble status he was admitted in 1776 as a Cadet in the Walonas Royal Guard Regiment and was later promoted to First Lieutenant with Colonel rank. It is most likely that Antoine moved from Great Britain to Spain, where as a […]
Teodoro Reding von Biberegg was a Swiss General at the service of Spain, the main architect behind the victory of the Spanish army against the French in the Battle of Bailén of 1808. At 14 years of age he began his military career in Spain, earning the right to be named Governor in 1806, and […]
Known as “Goyo”, “The Teacher” or “The Manchego”, he wasn’t always involved with the soccer industry, rather, he spent 16 years of his career focused on teaching. He was a teacher in the I.E.S El Valle de Jaén where, as an anecdote, the bullfighter Enrique Ponce was once one of his students. Big soccer lover, […]
Born in Bailén, with only 18 years of age she was chosen as Miss Spain in 1966. The fifth of six siblings, she would move to Málaga to start working at the Parador de Málaga Golf. On occasion, she had already been advised to participate on beauty pageants, due to the potential they could see […]
The actor was very connected to our locality, where his spouse was from and where they lived after retiring from the stage. Since very young, he was linked to the show business through his father, the actor from Zarzuela, Vicente Gómez Bur. His first debut on stage happened at a very young age. In 1934 […]
Soldier. Brigadier. Governor of California. Commanding General of the Inner Provinces. He was born in Bailén in the year 1724, although some authors mark his birth-year as 1727. The exact date is unknown, due to the archives of the Parish Church of the Incarnation being destroyed during our last Civil War. He was son to […]
Popular legend tells the tale that Bailén’s heroine, born in Porcuna and married to Bailén born Luis Domingo Cobo Muela, lived in the “Las Eras” street, nowadays known as “Sebastián Elcano” street. “La Culiancha” (Literally, The Wide Bottomed), nickname bestowed upon her due to her ample hips, just like the rest of the people of […]
The soldier José Francisco de San Martín, born in the Argentinian town of Yapeyú in 1778, took an important part against the Napoleonic army due to his involvement in the Battle of Bailén. The “Father of the Nation” as he will come to be known in Argentina, fought in the African crusade, in varied military […]
Without a shadow of a doubt, this was the historical event that made Bailen’s name echo around the world. A glorious battle that pitted the impregnable power of the French army against the courage and bravery of the Spanish troops, supported by civilians, it would end with the first defeat on open field of the […]
Spain was struggling in the depths of an economic recession. No help was forthcoming from King Carlos IV or his government, who heavily subjected to the control of the king’s wife, Queen María Luisa of Parma, and minister, Manuel Godoy. Napoleon saw an opportunity to make a strategic move, and invaded. The French emperor dominated […]
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