1789
Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (died 1852)
Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (died 1852)
Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (died 1852)
Carlos María de Alvear
2nd Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
- Born
- 1789
Carlos María de Alvear was an Argentine soldier, statesman and diplomat who served as the second Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 9 January to 15 April 1815. He played a leading role in the capitulation of royalist-held Montevideo in June 1814 and later commanded the republican army in the Cisplatine War, winning the Battle of Ituzaingó.
Events associated with Carlos María de Alvear