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Jernimo Morejn GirnMoctezuma, 3rd Marquis de las Amarillas, bornJune 1741 at Mlaga and diedOctober 1819 at Seville, became a general officer in the army of the Kingdom of Spain and commanded divisionsized combat units during the War of the Pyrenees in 1793 and 1794. Though he attained high rank, he displayed limited military talent. Shortly after succeeding to the top command of the Army of Catalonia, he was dismissed for blunders made on the battlefield.

Girn was born into a noble family at Mlaga onJune 1741. His father was Pedro Morejn Girn y Ahumada and his mother was Bernarda de Moctezuma y Salcedo, a descendant of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II. OnOctober 1770, he married Isabel de las Casas y Aragorri, who was six years his junior. Upon the death of his father, Jernimo Morejn Girn became the 3rd Marquis de las Amarillas. His son Pedro Agustn Girn y de las Casas, born in 1778, became the 1st Duke of Ahumada in 1836. Like his father, Pedro attained the rank of general officer in the army of Spain and fought in the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

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