Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros

Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros

Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros y López de Montenegro (July 11, 1896, Vitoria - February 9, 1966, Bucarest) was a Spanish General of the Spanish Air Force.[1]

An aristocrat, in 1932 he married with Constancia de la Mora, great-niece of the conservative politician Miguel Maura.[2] He was a major of the Spanish Air Force and before the war he was close to Indalecio Prieto. In September 1936 he was appointed by Prieto commander of the Spanish Republican Air Force (FARE).[3] He joined the PCE because the efficacy of the communist in the defense of Madrid.[4] In March 1937 he led the FARE in the Battle of Guadalajara.[5] in December 1938 he went to Moscow in order to negotiate a shipment of weapons for the Republican Army in Catalonia.[6] In February 1939, Segismundo Casado asked him to join the plot against Negrin, but he rejected.[7] On March 6 he left Spain with Negrin.[8] After that, he went to Romania and died there in 1966.[9]

References and notes

  1. ^ "Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros y López de Montenegro". ejercitodelaire.mde.es. http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/webaire.nsf/generahtml?OpenAgent&id=AB1FBB41EBB87D44C125719300423629. Retrieved 2007-04-12. 
  2. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.56
  3. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penuin Books. London. p. 394.
  4. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.361
  5. ^ Jackson, Gabriel. (1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.350
  6. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penuin Books. London. p. 845
  7. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penuin Books. London. p. 874
  8. ^ Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penuin Books. London. p. 881
  9. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Hidalgo_de_Cisneros#Exilio