When Santiago Achaval Basterechea was born on 30 November 1797, his father, Francisco Achaval Bermionsolo, was 36 and his mother, Ana Maria Basterrechea Chacartegui, was 36. He married Magdalena Cobeaga Zaracondegui on 25 August 1817. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters.
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French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
War against Napolean was met with great resistance by Spanish nationalists, with help from British troops, Spain force French out of the peninsula.
First Carlist War
Literally ‘ Saint James' : Iago is an obsolete Spanish form of the biblical name Jacobus ( see Jacob and James ). The disciple St James the Greater , brother of John the Baptist , is the patron saint of Spain.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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