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Joaquín Blake y Joyes (* 10. August 1759 (nach anderen Quellen 19. August oder 19. September) in Málaga, Spanien; † 27. April 1827 in Valladolid, Spanien) war ein spanischer Offizier und Feldherr, der im Befreiungskrieg gegen Napoleon agierte.
Joaquín Blake y Joyes (Vélez-Málaga, 19 de agosto de 1759-Valladolid, 27 de abril de 1827) fue un militar español de ascendencia irlandesa, presidente del Consejo de Regencia de España e Indias (1810-1811), jefe del Estado Mayor y capitán general.
In his youth, he saw action as a lieutenant of the grenadiers in the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the reconquest of Minorca and the failed siege of Gibraltar against the British. At the outbreak of war with France in 1793, Blake, a captain, took part in the invasion of Roussillon under General Ricardos.
Blake Joyes, Joaquín. Málaga, 19.VIII.1759 – Valladolid, 27.IV.1827. Capitán general, regente del reino y fundador del cuerpo de Estado Mayor.
Joaqu n Blake y Joyes [1] was born in M laga on 19th August 1759, being a descendant of a noble Irish family. He entered the army as a cadet in the Am rica Infantry Regiment on 10 January 1774, before he was fifteen years old.
The Napoleon Series > Biographies > Biographies. General Joaqu n Blake y Joyes. By: Jose Manuel Rodriguez. Of Irish descent, Blake was born at Malaga on September 19th 1759. When he was a boy of 15, on January 10 th 1774, he joined the American Regiment of line infantry as a cadet.
The siege of Valencia from 3 November 1811 to 9 January 1812, saw Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army of Aragon besiege Captain General Joaquín Blake y Joyes's forces in the city of Valencia, Spain, during the Peninsular War. The 20,000 to 30,000 French troops compelled 16,000 Spanish soldiers to surrender at the conclusion ...
