Gaspar de Vigodet

(Referred to in some contemporary documents as Gaspar de bigode ) Gaspar de Vigodet (* 1747, † 1834) was a Spanish military of French descent.

De Vigodet had 1783 at the Siege of Gibraltar in 1793 and took part in the war of Roussillon.

He was appointed in Spain by the Consejo de Regencia de Cádiz, from 7 October 1810 to January 1811 and interrupted by the second term, Francisco Javier de Elios ( January 1811 to 18 November 1811), again from the November 18, 1811 Governor of Montevideo. In this second term was initially the fraction of the October 21, 1811 entered into between its predecessor as governor, the Viceroy Francisco Javier de Elío, and the primer Triunvirato ceasefire by Vigodet on January 8, 1812. On December 31, 1812 Vigodet was then in the Battle of Cerrito by the besiegers Montevideo defeated. His time as governor of Montevideo eventually ended on June 23, 1814, after previously on June 21, 1814 Carlos María de Alvear had accepted the surrender.

Following the exercise of some other offices in Rio de Janeiro Gaspar de Vigodet went back to Spain, where he was appointed Capitán General of Castile in 1820. Together with Gaetano Valdez and Gabriel de Ciscar, he contributed to the deposition of Ferdinand VII. After restoring the power of Ferdinand VII Gaspar de Vigodet had to go into exile in France in 1823, but returned a year back after the death of the King of Spain in 1834.