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FElix MarIa Calleja del Rey[fA´lEks mArE´A kAlyA´hA del rA] Pronunciation Key, 1750–1826, Spanish general, viceroy of New Spain (1813–16), conde de CalderOn. In command of the post of San Luis PotosI when the revolution under Hidalgo y Costilla broke out, he led a large force into the field and defeated Hidalgo at Aculco and at CalderOn Bridge and besieged Morelos y PavOn in Cuautla (1812). As viceroy, Calleja continued to repress revolution, and by the time he left Mexico most of the insurrectionists were defeated. After his return to Spain, he held several high posts.
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