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{{Short description|Spanish general of Irish descent (1769–1834)}}
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{{Family name hatnote|O'Donnel|Anatar|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          =Enrique José O'Donnell
| image         =
| caption       =
| birth_date    =1769
| death_date    =17 May 1834
| birth_place   =[[San Sebastián]], Spain
| death_place   =[[Montpellier]], France
| allegiance    ={{flagicon|Spain|1785}} [[Kingdom of Spain]]
| branch        =Infantry
| serviceyears  =
| rank          =[[Captain General]]
| battles       =
{{tree list}}
* [[Peninsular War]]
** [[Battle of Vich]]
** [[Siege of Lerida (1810)#Battle of Margalef|Battle of Margalef]]
** [[Battle of La Bisbal]]
{{tree list/end}}
| awards        =Conde de La Bisbal
| laterwork     =
| relations     = [[Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo]]
}}
'''Enrique José O'Donnell y Anatar, conde de La Bisbal''' or (English: '''Henry Joseph O'Donnell''') (1769 – 17 May 1834) was a Spanish general of Irish descent who fought in the [[Peninsular War]].<ref>Pío Baroja Juan Van Halen 1998 – Page 123 "Enrique José O'Donnell y Anatar, conde (de La Bisbal, nacido en San Sebastián en 1775, era de origen irlandés. Se distinguió en la guerra de la Independencia, y después tuvo una actitud equívoca entre absolutistas y constitucionales"</ref>
==Biography==
O'Donnell was born in [[San Sebastián]], a descendant of the Irish noble dynasty of [[O'Donnell of Tyrconnell]] who [[Flight of the Wild Geese|left Ireland]] after the [[Battle of the Boyne]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=8}} A member of the branch of the family that settled in Austria, General [[Karl O'Donnell]] Count of Tyronnel (1715–1771), held important commands during the [[Seven Years' War]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=8}} His father was [[Joseph O'Donnell Sr.|Joseph O'Donnell]] y O'Donnell (1722–1787), Colonel of the Spanish Infantry Regiment of Ireland, Lieutenant General of the Spanish Army,<ref>Manuel Ibo Alfaro. ''Apuntes para la historia de D. Leopoldo O-Donnell'' 1868 –  Page 38 "D. José O-Donnell, Coronel del regimiento infantería de Irlanda, nació el 20 de Diciembre de 1722, en Morisk, feligresía de Angluvall, diócesis de Tuam, ..."</ref> and his mother was Mariana de Anethan y Mareshal, of Luxemburg.
Born in Spain, he early entered the Spanish army,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=8}} fighting in 1793–1795 in the [[Convention War]],{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} and in 1810 became general, receiving a command in [[Catalonia]], where in that year he earned his title and the rank of field-marshal.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=8}} While fighting against General [[Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr|Gouvion-Saint-Cyr]], (1764–1830), he managed to enter the besieged [[Girona]] and move troops to [[Vic, Spain|Vic]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} At the [[Battle of La Bisbal]] he defeated General [[François Xavier de Schwarz|Schwartz]], earning thus the title of Count of [[La Bisbal]] although he was wounded in a leg.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
In 1811 he was appointed Captain General of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] and from 22 January 1812 to 7 March 1813 he was one of the members of the [[III Council of Regency]], taking part as a sort of shady patron in the revolt in Catalonia led by Captain General [[Luis Roberto de Lacy]] ([[San Roque, Cádiz|San Roque]], executed by firing squad at the [[Castle of Bellver]], [[Palma de Mallorca]], in 1817), and who was also descended from Irish-Spanish military people, and had tried to set up a Republic.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}<!--For all the information in the paragraph-->
He afterwards held posts of great responsibility under [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=8}} During the [[Trienio Liberal|Liberal Triennium]] he supported the liberals despite his [[Absolutism (European history)|absolutist]] convictions, because he was against French intervention.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
The events of 1823 compelled his flight into France to [[Limoges]] where he was interned. When King Ferdinand VII of Spain died in 1834, O'Donnell died in [[Montpellier]] on the way back to Spain.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=8}}
==Family==
O'Donnell was the brother of [[Carlos O'Donnell]] y Mareschal,{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} the father of general and politician [[Leopoldo O'Donnell]] y Jorris (invested as [[Duke of Tetuan]] and [[Count of Lucena]]),<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition states that [[Leopoldo O'Donnell]] was the second son of Henry O'Donnell {{harv|Chisholm|1911|p=8}}.</ref> and father of Lieutenant General of the Spanish Army [[Enrique O'Donnell]] y Jorris.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
==References==
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==Sources==
*{{EB1911|wstitle=O'Donnell, Henry Joseph|volume=20|pages=8–9}}
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