Pablo Morillo

Pablo Morillo y Morillo
Pablo Morillo y Morillo
Captain General of Venezuela
	In office; 1815–1816
Monarch	Ferdinand VII
Preceded by	Juan Manuel Cajigal
Succeeded by	Salvador de Moxó
	In office; 1819–1820
Preceded by	Juan Bautista Pardo
Succeeded by	Miguel de la Torre
Personal details
Born	5 May 1775; Fuentesecas, Spain
Died	27 July 1837 (aged 62); Barèges, France
Profession	General
Military service
Battles/wars	War of the First Coalition French expedition to Sardinia; ; War of the Pyrenees Siege of Roses (1794–1795); ; Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797); Assault on Cádiz; Battle of Trafalgar; ; Peninsular War Battle of Bailen; Battle of Vitoria; Battle of Puente Sanpayo; ; Spanish American wars of independence Spanish reconquest of New Granada; Siege of Cartagena (1815); ;

Pablo Morillo y Morillo, Count of Cartagena and Marquess of La Puerta, a.k.a. El Pacificador (The Peace Maker) (5 May 1775 – 27 July 1837) was a Spanish general. He fought against French forces in the Peninsular War. After the restoration of the Spanish Monarchy, Morillo led an expedition with the goal to restore absolutism in Spain's possessions in the Americas.

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