Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna

Viscount of Laguna
Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna
President of Cisplatina Province
In office
January 20, 1817 – February 3, 1826
MonarchsJoão VI
Pedro I
Preceded byMiguel Barreiro (Governor of the Oriental Province)
Succeeded byFrancisco de Paula Magessi
Personal details
BornOctober 6, 1764
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
DiedAugust 2, 1836 (aged 71)
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Portugal
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
 Empire of Brazil
RankMarshal of the Army (Brazil)
Lieutenant General (Portugal/United Kingdom)
Battles/warsPeninsular War

Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

Cisplatine War
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Carlos Frederico Lecor[note 1] (October 6, 1764 – August 2, 1836) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian general and politician. He was the first Baron of Laguna, in Portugal, and later ascended to Viscount of Laguna, in Brazil.

He was the first Portuguese officer to command a division, the 7th Division, of British troops,[1] in Wellington's Peninsular Army, as well as having commanded the Portuguese forces who invaded the Banda Oriental del Uruguay (Eastern Bank of Uruguay) in 1816.


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  1. ^ Gaudêncio, Moisés & Robert Burnham (2021). In the Words of Wellington's Fighting Cocks: The After-action Reports of the Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War 1812–1814, pp. 84-85. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-5267-6171-2

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