Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (4 November 1765 or 1767 – 7 March 1834 or 1835) was a Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War.
After fighting the French in Murcia, Granada, and Valencia (1810-1812), Freire succeeded Pedro Agustín Girón in command of the Fourth Army, or Army of Galicia.[1] His corps triumphed over Soult at the Battle of San Marcial on 31 August 1813, earning him the San Fernando Cross. At the Battle of the Bidassoa on 7 October, he led the divisions of Generals Del Barco and Barcena across the river to capture French positions on Mont Calvaire.[2] Freire also participated in the Battle of Nivelle on 10 November.[3] He fought with "conspicuous gallantry"[4] at the Battle of Toulouse in 1814, where his two divisions were desperately mauled in the fighting for the French redoubts on Mont Rave.[5]