Tulio O'Neill O'Keefe

Tulio O'Neill O'Keefe, 7th Marquis of La Granja (1784–1855), was a general of Irish origin who served in the Spanish army.^[1]

His parents were Tulio O'Neill O'Kelly and Catalina O'Keeffe Vélez, both of Irish origin, and his uncle, Arturo O'Neill, was a lieutenant general in the Spanish army and a Spanish colonial governor. Through his marriage to Manuela Luisa de Castilla y Quevedo, Marchioness of La Granja, Tulio O'Neill O'Keefe became the 7th Marquis of La Granja.^[1]

He graduated as a captain in the Infantry Militias before being attached to the Puerto Rico Regiment. In 1807, he joined the Division of the North, a division, composed of 15,000 men under the command of the Marquis de la Romana, Pedro Caro y Sureda, that was initially deployed, between 1807 and 1808, to perform garrison duties in Hamburg under Marshal Bernadotte. In March 1808, along with a Franco-Belgian unit of approximately the same size, the unit was deployed to Denmark, with the two-fold objective of protecting that country, also an ally of Napoleon, and preparing for an invasion of Sweden.^[2] O'Neill was appointed aide-de-camp to La Romana.^[1]

Following the Evacuation of La Romana's division, O'Neill saw action at the Battle of Valmaseda and at the Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros, in November 1808. The following month he was promoted to Infantry captain.^[1]

Promoted to lieutenant general in 1809, at the end of that year he was given command of the Regiment of Hibernia.^[1] At the beginning of 1810, he was appointed 1st aide-de-camp to La Romana.

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