Francisco Javier Elío
(Pamplona, 1767-Valencia, 1822) Spanish military.A veteran of the North African and Roussillon campaigns, he faced, as governor, the outbreaks of revolution that occurred in the Río de la Plata.
Francisco Javier Elío
Admonished by the Cortes when he returned to Spain in 1812, his rejection of the constitutional system was accentuated, and in 1814 he was favorable to Fernando VII, to whom he offered his support from his position as captain general of Valencia to restore absolute power.Thus, between 1814 and 1820 he was one of the fundamental pillars of absolutism, and a zealous persecutor of liberals, whom he fought harshly.
When the revolution of 1820 occurred, he was imprisoned by the Duke of Almodóvar to prevent the people from executing him; but, suspected of leading a riot from prison, he was sentenced to die with a vile stick.The name of General Elío was rehabilitated by King Fernando VII himself by granting his son Don Bernardo Elío, Leizaur and Olóndriz the title of Marquis de la Lealtad on March 20, 1824.
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