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COMMANDER // 1803–1880

Marquess of Caxias

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Lifespan

1803 – 1880

18101820183018401850186018701880Uruguayan Civil War · 1839-1851Paraguayan War · 1864-1870Great Siege of Montevideo — August 1, 1843 · Defense Government · Uruguayan Civil WarBattle of Tatayibá — October 21, 1867 · Empire of Brazil · Paraguayan WarBattle of Avay — December 11, 1868 · Empire of Brazil · Paraguayan WarBattle of Lomas Valentinas — January 1, 1868 · Empire of Brazil · Paraguayan WarBattle of Ytororó — December 6, 1868 · Empire of Brazil · Paraguayan WarPikysyry maneuver — December 21, 1868 · Empire of Brazil · Paraguayan War

Active service 1843–1868 — 6 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 40.

Profile

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career. In 1823 he fought as a young officer in the Brazilian War of Independence against Portugal, then spent three years in Brazil's southernmost province, Cisplatina, as the government unsuccessfully resisted that province's secession in the Cisplatine War. Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor Dom Pedro I during the protests of 1831, Caxias remained loyal. Pedro I abdicated in favor of his young son Dom Pedro II, whom Caxias instructed in swordsmanship and horsemanship and eventually befriended.

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Battles (6)

Last verified June 2026
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