COMMANDER // 1730–1796
Juan de Courten
lieutenant generalSpain1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1730 – 1796
Active service 1793 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 63.
Profile
Juan Courten y Gonzalez was a Spanish military officer. He began his career in the War of the Austrian Succession at the age of 14. Courten fought in the Spanish–Portuguese War (1761–1763), the Invasion of Algiers in 1775, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar. He was the last Spanish governor of Oran in 1792. As a lieutenant general, he led an infantry division during the War of the Pyrenees against the First French Republic in several actions including Perpignan, Peyrestortes, Truillas, Boulou, and the Black Mountain. He was appointed Captain General of Aragon in 1795.
Battles (1)
1793