Vicente Cañas y Portocarrero


Vicente María Cañas y Portocarrero, also known in some biographies as Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, VII Duke del Parque, was a Lieutenant-General and a Spanish military leader during the Peninsular War. He commanded the Spanish forces at the battles of Tamames, El Carpio and Alba de Tormes.
He went on to become a deputy and president of Spain's Congreso de los Diputados.