Felipe Alfau Mendoza
Spanish military officer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Felipe Alfau Mendoza (c. 1845/1848 – 1937) was a Spanish military officer. He served as the first Spanish High Commissioner in Morocco and as Captain-General of Catalonia.
Felipe Alfau Mendoza | |
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Photographed by Christian Franzen | |
| Born | 1845 or 1848 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Died | 1937 Casablanca, French Morocco |
| Service | Spanish Army |
Biography
Born in Santo Domingo,[1][note 1] son to the Dominican trinitario Felipe Alfau y Bustamante and Rosa Josefa Mendoza Pineda.[2] Leader of the first brigade of Jägers of Melilla, he was promoted to division general in 1910.[3]
After the 1912 Treaty of Fes and the entry in Tétouan of the Spanish forces commanded by Alfau on 19 February 1913,[4] he became the first High Commissioner of the newly created Spanish protectorate in Morocco on 5 April 1913.[5] He left the post on 15 August 1913, when he was replaced by José Marina Vega.[5]
Later, he was appointed as Captain General of Catalonia,[3] in 1915.[6] Alfau—who, according Francisco J. Romero Salvadó did not take the Defence Juntas seriously—[7] was fired on 27 May 1916 in the context of the 1917 military crisis, and was replaced again by the General Marina.[8]
He died in Casablanca in 1937.[9]
Decorations
- Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegildo (1908)[10]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (1910)[11]
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of María Cristina (1910)[12]
References
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