# Manuel Goded > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manuel_Goded > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manuel_Goded.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Goded > Source revision: 1352239734 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Spanish Army general}} {{Infobox military person | name = Manuel Goded | image = Goded NAC Archive.jpg | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|10|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [San Juan](/source/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico), [Puerto Rico](/source/Captaincy_General_of_Puerto_Rico) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|8|12|1882|10|15|df=yes}} | death_place = [Montjuïc Castle](/source/Montju%C3%AFc_Castle), [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona), [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia), [Spain](/source/Second_Spanish_Republic) | death_cause = [Execution by firing squad](/source/Execution_by_firing_squad) | burial_place = | allegiance = {{flagicon|Spain|1785}} [Kingdom of Spain](/source/Restoration_(Spain)) (1900–1931)
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{{flagicon|Spain|1936}} [Nationalist Spain](/source/Nationalist_faction_(Spanish_Civil_War)) (1936) | branch = [Spanish Army](/source/Spanish_Army) | service_years = 1900–1936 | rank = [General of the Army](/source/General_of_the_Army) | unit = | commands = Chief of Staff of the [Spanish Army of Africa](/source/Spanish_Army_of_Africa)
Chief of Staff of the Central Army | battles = {{tree list}} * [Rif War](/source/Rif_War_(1920)) ** [Battle of Alhucemas](/source/Battle_of_Alhucemas) * [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) {{executed}} {{tree list/end}} | awards = | relations = | other_work = }} '''Manuel Goded Llopis''' (15 October 1882 – 12 August 1936) was a [Spanish Army](/source/Spanish_Army) general who was one of the key figures in the [July 1936 revolt](/source/Spanish_revolt_of_July_1936) against the democratic government of [Manuel Azaña](/source/Manuel_Aza%C3%B1a). Having unsuccessfully led an [attempted insurrection in Barcelona](/source/July_1936_military_uprising_in_Barcelona), he was captured and executed by the Republican government. Previously, Goded had distinguished himself in the [Battle of Alhucemas](/source/Battle_of_Alhucemas) during the [Rif War](/source/Rif_War_(1920)). ==Early life== He was born in the city of [San Juan](/source/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico), the capital of [Puerto Rico](/source/Captaincy_General_of_Puerto_Rico), then a Spanish colony. There, he received his primary and secondary education. His family moved to [Spain](/source/Spain) after Puerto Rico became a possession of the [United States](/source/United_States) by the [Treaty of Paris of 1898](/source/Treaty_of_Paris_(1898)), which ended the [Spanish–American War](/source/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War). In Spain, he enrolled and was accepted in the [Academy of Infantry](/source/Toledo_Infantry_Academy).[http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/historia/personajes/7314.htm Historia] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101126190657/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/historia/personajes/7314.htm |date=26 November 2010}} ==Rif War== Goded graduated from the academy and was assigned to various posts. In 1907, when 25 years old, he held the rank of captain. In 1919, a rebellion against Spanish colonial rule took place in [Spanish Morocco](/source/Spanish_Morocco), a Spanish protectorate. The rebel leader in what is also known as the [Rif War](/source/Rif_War_(1920)) was [Abd-el-Krim](/source/Muhammad_Ibn_'Abd_al-Karim_al-Khattabi).[http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/iberia/1909/index.htm 1911 - 1927 Rif War / Second Moroccan War] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218211945/http://balagan.org.uk/war/iberia/1909/index.htm |date=18 December 2008}} The Riffians, as the rebels became known, annihilated the army of Spanish General [Manuel Fernández Silvestre](/source/Manuel_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Silvestre) at the [Battle of Annual](/source/Battle_of_Annual) in 1921 and were poised to attack the Spanish enclave of [Melilla](/source/Melilla). Generals [Jose Millan Astray](/source/Jose_Millan_Astray) and [Francisco Franco](/source/Francisco_Franco), who founded the [Spanish Foreign Legion](/source/Spanish_Foreign_Legion), fought against the Riffians on land. In 1925, Goded led an [amphibious landing](/source/amphibious_landing) at [Alhucemas Bay](/source/Al_Hoceima) (now Al Hoceima Bay) in what is known as the [Battle of Alhucemas](/source/Battle_of_Alhucemas). It was considered as the beginning of the end of the Rif Rebellion. By 1927, the rebellion had ended, and Spain recaptured her lost territory.{{Cite web |url=http://www.denismcd.com/_bkr.txt |title=BETROTHED OF DEATH. The Spanish Foreign During the Rif Rebellion |accessdate=11 November 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190424123409/http://www.denismcd.com/_bkr.txt |archive-date=24 April 2019 |url-status=usurped}} Goded was promoted to brigadier general and soon was named chief of staff of the [Spanish Army of Africa](/source/Spanish_Army_of_Africa). ==Dictatorship and Second Republic== Goded at first supported the right-wing dictatorship of [Miguel Primo de Rivera](/source/Miguel_Primo_de_Rivera), which was established in 1923 with the consent of King [Alfonso XIII](/source/Alfonso_XIII). However, Goded's eventual criticism of the government led to his removal from the post.Robinson, Richard AH ''The Origins of Franco’s Spain – The Right, the Republic and Revolution, 1931–1936'' Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970 p.28 He collaborated in the [1932 coup d'état attempt](/source/Sanjurjada), after which he was forced to distance from the Armed Forces, but was called to return in 1934 to lead the repression of the [Asturias revolt](/source/Revolution_of_1934).{{Cite journal|url=https://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/29/60/04oliver.pdf|title=La suerte del general Goded. Cultura punitiva y cultura de guerra en la revolución española de 1936|first=Pedro|journal=Jerónimo Zurita|volume=84|year=2009|issn=0044-5517|last=Oliver Olmo|page=42}} In May 1936, [Manuel Azaña](/source/Manuel_Aza%C3%B1a) became the second and last [president](/source/President_of_the_Republic_(Spain)) of the [Second Spanish Republic](/source/Second_Spanish_Republic). Goded was named Chief of Staff of the Central Army but was again relieved of his position after a conflict with the government. When right-wing officers suspected of [plotting against the government](/source/Spanish_military_conspiracy_of_1936) were reassigned, he was exiled to a remote and inconsequential post on the [Balearic Islands](/source/Balearic_Islands).{{cite web |url= http://perso.wanadoo.es/lomise/acacia1149.htm |title=Manuel Azaña Díaz es |publisher= |accessdate=28 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120320072807/http://perso.wanadoo.es/lomise/acacia1149.htm |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=dead}} ==Revolt and execution== When right-wing generals rebelled against the [Popular Front](/source/Popular_Front_(Spain)) government of the Second Republic in July 1936, Goded unsuccessfully led troops in the Catalan capital, Barcelona, after he had taken control of [Mallorca](/source/Mallorca) and [Ibiza](/source/Ibiza). [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia), being among the most industrialised regions of Spain, was a stronghold of the organized left, and Goded's local operations failed. He was captured by government forces on August 11 and held on the [prison ship](/source/prison_ship) ''[Uruguay](/source/SS_Infanta_Isabel_de_Borbon)''.{{cite news |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/08/11/88686823.html?pageNumber=3 |title=Spanish rebel leader who awaits trial |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |page=3 |url-access=subscription |date=11 August 1936 |accessdate=14 November 2020}} Goded was tried by a Republican military court for treason and compelled to order his remaining troops, via radio, to surrender. Goded was sentenced to death by firing squad.{{cite web |url= http://www.generalisimofranco.com/GC/alzamiento/a.htm |title=El Alzamiento del 18 de Julio en las capitales. |publisher= |accessdate=28 May 2016}} He was executed the next day at [Montjuïc Castle](/source/Montju%C3%AFc_Castle) in Barcelona.{{cite web |url= http://www.guerracivil1936.galeon.com/bionac3.htm |title=BIOGRAFÍAS DEL BANDO NACIONAL |publisher= |accessdate=28 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024057/http://www.guerracivil1936.galeon.com/bionac3.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} Goded's death not only decapitated the Nationalist revolt in Barcelona and greater Catalonia but also removed one of the key personal and political rivals to the movement's eventual leader, [Francisco Franco](/source/Francisco_Franco).[Payne, SG](/source/Stanley_G._Payne) ''The Franco Regime, 1936–1975'' Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1987 p.101, note 27. ==See also== {{Portal|Spain|Conservatism|Puerto Rico|Biography}} *[List of Puerto Ricans](/source/List_of_Puerto_Ricans) *[List of Puerto Rican military personnel](/source/List_of_Puerto_Rican_military_personnel) *[Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) {{clr}} ==Notes== ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goded Llopis, Manuel}} Category:1882 births Category:1936 deaths Category:Military personnel from San Juan, Puerto Rico Category:Spanish anti-communists Category:Generals of Spain Category:Puerto Rican military personnel Category:Spanish military personnel of the Rif War Category:Spanish military personnel killed in the Spanish Civil War (National faction) Category:Spanish monarchists Category:Puerto Rican people of Spanish descent Category:People killed by the Second Spanish Republic Category:People executed for treason against Spain Category:People executed by Spain by firing squad Category:Executed Puerto Rican people Category:Executed military leaders Category:Perpetrators of political repression in the Second Spanish Republic --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Manuel Goded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Goded) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Goded?action=history)). 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