Alejandro O'Reilly

The Most Excellent The Count of O'Reilly KOA
Portrait by Francisco Goya
3rd Spanish Governor of Louisiana
In office April 1769 – December 1769
Monarch	Charles III
Preceded by	Charles Philippe Aubry Acting
Succeeded by	Luis de Unzaga
Personal details
Born	Alexander O'Reilly (1723-10-24)October 24, 1723 Baltrasna, County Meath, Ireland
Died	March 23, 1794(1794-03-23) (aged 70–71) Cádiz, Spain
Resting place	Bonete, Spain
Spouse	Rosa de Las Casas
Nickname	Bloody O'Reilly
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Spain
Branch/service	Spanish Army
Rank	Marshal of Spain
Battles/wars	War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War Louisiana Rebellion Invasion of Algiers French Revolutionary Wars

Alejandro O'Reilly, 1st Count of O'Reilly, KOA (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo oɾejˈʎi]; October 24, 1723 in Baltrasna, County Meath, Ireland – March 23, 1794 in Bonete, Spain),^[1] English: Alexander, Count of O'Reilly, Irish: Alastar Ó Raghallaigh, was an Irish-born military reformer and Inspector-General of Infantry for the Spanish Empire in the second half of the 18th century. O'Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana, and is the first Spanish official to exercise power in the Louisiana territory after France ceded it to Spain following defeat by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War. For his much appreciated services to the Crown of Spain, O'Reilly was ennobled as a conde de O'Reilly (Count of O'Reilly), and granted a coat of arms. He fell out of favour after his calamitous failed attempt at the Invasion of Algiers.