Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra (Tordesillas, Spain, February 5, 1875 - Seville, March 9, 1951) was a Spanish Army Officer during the Spanish Civil War. The Crest of Tordesillas Tordesillas is Valladolid (province) ,a village in Spain that was the site of many historical events, the most famous being the Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal that divided the globe between the two countries. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Seville (Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain, crossed by the river Guadalquivir (37° 22′ 38″ N, 5° 59′ 13″ W). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra in Spanish; literally, Land Army) is one branch of the Spanish armed forces, in charge of land operations. ... Jump to: navigation, search History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social...

Educated at a seminary, he ran away and enlisted in the Spanish Army as a gunner. He later entered the Royal Cavalry Academy of Valladolid as a cadet, and fought in Cuba and in the Moroccan War as a cavalry officer. Plaza Mayor and city hall, Valladolid The unfinished cathedral and the Plaza de Cervantes, near the University of Valladolid The church of Santa María la Antigua, Valladolid Valladolid is an industrial city in central Spain, upon the Rio Pisuerga. ...

Queipo de Llano attained the rank of brigadier general in 1923. He was highly critical of the Spanish Army, and his opposition to the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera led to him being relieved of his command and imprisoned. Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marqués de Estella (Jerez, January 8, 1870 - Paris, March 16, 1930) was a Spanish military official who ruled Spain as a dictator from 1923 to 1930, ending the turno system of alternating parties. ...

Queipo de Llano was released from prison in 1926, but his continued criticism of the government led to his dismissal from the army in 1928. Two years later he became the head of the Republican Military Association and collaborated with the National Revolutionary Committee, a group plotting to overthrow King Alfonso XIII. The failure of the revolt forced Queipo de Llano to flee to Portugal. Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 - February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ...

When Alfonso XIII abdicated in April 1931, Queipo de Llano returned to Spain and was given the post of commander of the 1st Military District in Madrid. He was later appointed head of the military house of President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (they were in-laws, as the daughter of Queipo was married with a son of Alcalá-Zamora). Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 - February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ... Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ... Niceto Alcala-Zamora Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (July 6, 1877 – February 18, 1949), served as first president of the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1936. ...

Queipo de Llano initially supported the Popular Front, and served as chief of a main directorate of the customs officers from 1934-1936. However, he was critical of some Popular Front policies, including agrarian reforms that penalized the landed aristocracy, the outlawing of the Falange Española, and the granting of political and administrative autonomy to Catalonia. When Alcalá-Zamora was ousted as president on May 10, 1936 and replaced by the left-wing Manuel Azaña, Queipo de Llano, along with Generals Emilio Mola, Francisco Franco, and José Sanjurjo, started plotting to overthrow the Popular Front government. This led to a military revolt on July 17, 1936 that resulted in the Spanish Civil War. Queipo de Llano, with only 200 men, successfully seized control of Seville in the opening days of the conflict by use of a ruse. Popular Fronts comprise broad coalitions of political and other groups, often made up of oppositioners or left wingers, and often united against particularly stringent circumstances. ... Jump to: navigation, search Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Manuel Azana Dr. Manuel Azaña Diaz (Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain, January 10, 1880 - Montauban, France, November 3, 1940) was the second and last President of the Second Spanish Republic. ... Jump to: navigation, search Emilio Mola Vidal (June 9, 1887 – June 3, 1937) Spanish army officer, was one of the leaders of the 1936 army revolt which began the Spanish Civil War. ... Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 – November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was Head of State of Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jose Sanjurjo José Sanjurjo Sacanell (Pamplona, 1872 - Estoril, Portugal, July 20, 1936) Marquess of the Rif and general, was a Spanish Army Officer who was one of the chief conspirators of the military uprising that led to the Spanish Civil War. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social...

Made commander of the Nationalist Army of the South, General Queipo de Llano's forces launched an attack on Málaga on January 17, 1937, which succumbed to the Nationalists on February 8. He also carried out propaganda broadcasts during the war. Málaga is a port city in Andalucia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

After the fall of the Republic he was promoted to lieutenant general. General Franco sent him as head of the Spanish Mission to Italy, and he later served as the commander of Seville's military district. His relations with Franco were poor on the whole. Queipo de Llano died at his country estate near Seville.