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People: Francisco Javier de Elío
Topic: Forts Clinton and Montgomery, Battle of
Location: Vidin Mikhaylovgrad Bulgaria

Francisco Javier de Elío

Spanish soldier, governor of Montevideo and the last Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
Years: 1767 - 1822

Francisco Javier de Elío (Pamplona, 1767 – Valencia, 1822), is a Spanish soldier, governor of Montevideo and the last Viceroy of the Río de la Plata.

He is also instrumental in the Absolutist repression after the restoration of Ferdinand VII as King of Spain.

For this, he is executed during the Trienio Liberal.