Rafael de Sobremonte, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte

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Rafael de Sobremonte, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte
Portrait of Rafael de Sobremonte by Ignacio Cavicchia.
9th Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
In office 24 April 1804 – 10 February 1807
Monarch	Charles IV of Spain – Junta of Seville
Preceded by	Joaquín del Pino y Rozas
Succeeded by	Santiago de Liniers
Personal details
Born	Rafael de Sobremonte y Núñez del Castillo 27 November 1745 Seville, Spain
Died	1827 (aged 82) Cádiz, Spain
Political party	Royalist
Spouse(s)	Doña Juana María de Larrazábal, Doña María Teresa Millán y Marlos (1820 -?)
Occupation	Army officer
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Battles/wars	British invasions of the Río de la Plata

Don Rafael de Sobremonte y Núñez del Castillo, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte (Seville, 1745 – Cádiz, 1827), third Marquis of Sobremonte, was an aristocrat, military man and Spanish colonial administrator, and Viceroy of the Río de la Plata. He was accused of cowardice by the people of Buenos Aires after escaping the city during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata in 1806.

He was born in Seville, 27 November 1745. His parents were the Marquis Raimundo de Sobremonte, military man and magistrate, Knight of the Order of Charles III and member of the Seville Audience, and María Ángela Núñez Angulo y Ramírez de Arellano.

At fourteen years of age, he became a cadet in the Regimiento de las Reales Guardias Españolas. He served in different locations, such as Cartagena de Indias, Ceuta and Puerto Rico. In 1779, he was named Secretary to the Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, Juan José de Vértiz, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He continued in that post with the successor, Nicolás del Campo.