Diego de León (1807-1841). Count of Belascoáin. Spanish military. Viceroy of Navarre during the First Carlist War. He conspired in the attempt, along with other generals, to assault the Royal Palace and kidnap the child Queen Isabella in the O'Donnell uprising against the regent Baldomero Espartero. After failing, he was condemned to death and executed on 15 October 1841. Portrait. Illustration by Bucheti. Engraving by Castilla. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Volume III. Madrid, 1845.

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