Juan Van Halen

Don Juan Halen Count of Pera Campos ( born February 16, 1790 the San Fernando Peninsula, † November 8, 1864 in Cadiz ) was a Spanish general.

Halen originally came from a Belgian family, joined the naval service and was a naval officer. After he was appointed to the Admiralty to Madrid, he took On 2 May 1808 the struggle against the French navy in part. In the battle of Ferrol he was captured, stepped over to the French, and in 1809 an ordinance officer of the King Joseph Bonaparte. In 1813 he was on the staff of General Louis Gabriel Suchet to Barcelona, came here with the patriotic secret societies connected and played through treachery the fortresses Lleida, Monzón and Mequinenza the Spaniards in their hands. In 1817 he was again entangled in the conspiracy of General José María de Torrijos y Uriarte and was eventually arrested. He came to the dungeons of the Inquisition, however, fled to Russia. There he became Major in 1818 the Russian army in a regiment of dragoons in 1820, and took the fight against the mountain peoples of the Caucasus in part.

At the outbreak of the revolution Halen returned to Spain and fought for the Constitution. After the suppression of the rebellion, he went to Havana and later to Brussels. At the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution he took over on September 24, 1830 the command of the Belgian insurgents, expelled the Dutch from Brussels, put however, because of disputes with Louis Joseph Antoine de Potter his command and went down as military governor by Südbrabant. He was soon promoted to lieutenant-general under his farewell.

1834 Halen went back to Madrid in 1836 adjutant of General Córdova and successfully fought against the Carlists in Navarre.

Don Juan Halen died on 8 November 1864 in Cadiz.

Works

  • Les Journées de Bruxelles quatres, Brussels 1831
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