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Also Known As Manuel de Godoy, duque de Alcudia • Manuel de Godoy Álvarez de Faria Ríos Sánchez Zarzosa, príncipe de la Paz y de Basano, duque de Alcudia y de Succa
Born May 12, 1767 • Spain
Died October 4, 1851 (aged 84) • Paris • France
Role In French Revolutionary wars • Napoleonic Wars • War of the Oranges
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