Manuel Godoy

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His Highness The Most Excellent and Most Serene The Prince of the Peace GE OM
Detail of the Portrait of Manuel Godoy, 1801
First Secretary of State
In office 15 November 1792 – 28 March 1798
Monarch	Charles IV
Preceded by	Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea
Succeeded by	Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis
Personal details
Born	(1767-05-12)12 May 1767 Badajoz, Spain
Died	4 October 1851(1851-10-04) (aged 84) Paris, France
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Spouses	Doña María Teresa Carolina de Borbón y Vallabriga ​ ​ (m. 1797; div. 1808)​ Josefa de Tudó ​ (m. 1829)​
Children	Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca Manuel de Godoy y Tudó Luis de Godoy y Tudó
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Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Rios (12 May 1767, Badajoz, Spain – 4 October 1851, Paris, France), 1st Prince of the Peace, 1st Duke of Alcudia, 1st Duke of Sueca, 1st Baron of Mascalbó, was the First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and then from 1801 to 1808, and as such, one of the central Spanish political figures during the rise of Napoleon and his invasion of Spain.^[1] Godoy came to power at a young age as the favourite of King Charles IV and Queen Maria Luisa. He has been partly blamed for the Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 that brought an end to the Spanish Empire.^[2] Godoy's unmatched power ended in 1808 with the Tumult of Aranjuez, which forced him into a long exile, dying in Paris in 1851.