Caxias,Duke of

Caxias,Duke of
Caxias, Duke of Title of Luiz Alves de Lima y Silva. 1803-1880.
Brazilian general and statesman who commanded the Brazilian army that drove the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas from Buenos Aires (1851).

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