Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid

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Comandante General Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid (or "de La Madrid"; born in San Miguel de Tucumán in 1795, died Buenos Aires in 1857) was an Argentine military leader and, briefly, governor of his native province of Tucumán.

Lamadrid fought beside General Belgrano and General San Martín during the Argentine War of Independence. As a general commanding Unitarian forces in the civil wars which followed, De La Madrid fought alongside General José María Paz in the battles of La Tablada, San Roque, and Oncativo.

De La Madrid's body is buried in the Cathedral of San Miguel de Tucumán.

[edit] Football

The football club Club Atlético General Lamadrid of the metropolitan 4th division are named in his honour.

Preceded by José María Paz	Governor of Córdoba 1831 - 1831	Succeeded by Mariano Fragueiro
Preceded by José Francisco Álvarez	Governor of Córdoba 1840 - 1840	Succeeded by Manuel López