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Bernardo Lecocq (10 Feb 1734 – 7 Dec1820) was a Spanish military engineer. He was born in La Coruña to a Flemish father and an Irish mother. He went to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1770 settling in the Banda Oriental del Uruguay in 1773. He was married to María del Pilar de Pérez Valdéz, native of Buenos Aires and in 1795 his son Manuel Francisco Bernardo Lecocq was born, who became a politician and a notable Uruguayan businessman.〔Quesada J. I. (2006) ''Paseo genealógico por la Argentina y Bolivia'Buenes Aires: Centro de Genealogia de Entre Rios〕 In 1799 he manumitted Maria Basilia Malabesone and her children who previously he had held in slavery.〔(Memoria testamentaria de Bernardo Lecocq ) accessed 10 March 2012〕 Bernardo Lecocq played an important role in the operations against the British invasion of Montevideo, including the Battle of Cardal, on 20 January 1807. He died in Montevideo in 1820. ==Career== He joined the infantry in 1753. In 1776 he was responsible for building the fortifications of Montevideo, and the forts of San Miguel (1772)〔(Forte de San Miguel ) accessed 10 March 2012〕 and Santa Tecla (1774).〔(Forte de Santa Tecla ) accessed 10 March 2012〕 He was promoted to Colonel in 1792 and Brigadier in 1802.〔(Bernardo LECOCQ (abril de 1773) ) accessed 10 March 2012〕 He led the Spanish troops at the Battle of Cardal, on 20 January 1807. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernardo Lecocq」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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