Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
Portrait of Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
Portrait of Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
11th Viceroy of Río de la Plata
In office
15 July 1809 – 25 May 1810
MonarchJunta of Seville
Preceded bySantiago de Liniers
Succeeded byFrancisco Javier de Elío
Personal details
Born(1756-01-06)6 January 1756
Cartagena, Spain
Died9 June 1829(1829-06-09) (aged 73)
Cartagena, Spain
Nationality Spain
Political partyRoyalist
SpouseInés de Gaztambide
Military service
AllegianceSpain
Years of service1770–1805
RankAdmiral
CommandsSan Pablo, Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad
Battles/warsBattle of Cape St Vincent, Battle of Trafalgar

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros y de la Torre (6 January 1756 – 9 June 1829) was a Spanish naval officer born in Cartagena. He took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar, and in the Spanish resistance against Napoleon's invasion in 1808. He was later appointed Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, replacing Santiago de Liniers. He disestablished the government Junta of Javier de Elío and quelled the Chuquisaca Revolution and the La Paz revolution. An open cabildo deposed him as viceroy during the May Revolution, but he attempted to be the president of the new government junta, thus retaining power. The popular unrest in Buenos Aires did not allow that, so he resigned. He was banished back to Spain shortly after that, and died in 1829.


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