Maximiliér Sauléu e Dóna
Caudillo, Field Marshal, His Excellency Maximiliano Saelices Dávalos | |
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.png) Maximiliano Saelices Dávalos in 1840. | |
| 25th Prime Minister of Castilliano | |
| In office March 24, 1824 – June 19, 1845 | |
| Monarch | Adolfo I |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Menéndez Morillo as Provisional Prime Minister |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Carvallo Piñón as Provisional Prime Minister |
| In office March 18, 1823 – December 12, 1823 Provisional Prime Minister | |
| Monarch | Adolfo I |
| Preceded by | Luciano Carita Cavallería |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio Menéndez Morillo as Provisional Prime Minister |
| Caudillo of the National Pro-Fatherland Front | |
| In office March 18, 1823 – June 19, 1845 | |
| Deputy | Ignacio Menéndez Morillo |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maximiliano Alexander Saelices Dávalos November 10, 1767 Sonsonate, Castilliano |
| Died | June 19, 1846 (aged 78) Chalatenango, Castilliano |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | National Pro-Fatherland Front |
| Spouse(s) | Marta Lainfiesta Castañeda (m. 1784; his death 1846) |
| Children | 5 |
| Mother | María Dávalos Morteno |
| Father | Maximiliano Saelices Hernández |
| Alma mater | Chalatenango Military School |
| Occupation | Military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | "El Caudillo", General Max, Jefe Saelices |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Castilliano |
| Branch/service | Castillianan Army |
| Years of service | 1785-1845 |
| Rank |  Caudillo |
| Commands | Castillianan Army |
| Battles/wars | San Pabloan Revolution 1823 Castillianan Coup d'État 1845 Castillianan Coup d'État  |
| Awards | Order of Santiago Matadeltinianos |
Maximiliano Alexander Saelices Dávalos (November 10, 1767-June 19, 1846) was a Castilliano military general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Castilliano through a coup d'état on March 18, 1823, to December 12, 1823, and again from March 24, 1824, until he himself was overthrown on June 19, 1845.
Saelices Dávalos was an officer in the Castillianan Army beginning in 1785. He was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal by King José VII in 1820 for his leadership against the San Pabloan Revolution, making him one of the most powerful military figures in the country. He had begun to grow ambitious for power and began planning to run in the upcomming 1825 general election until the King suddenly died and was succeeded by his young son, Emmanuel III. He convinced the Army that the King's brother, Adolfo, deserved the throne insetad. Emmanuel III was captured on March 18, 1823, and when the Parliament immediately condemned the action, Saelices Dávalos had everyone in Parliament arrested and he declared himself Provisional Prime Minister.
He had everyone in Parliament who was a member of the National Liberal Party, including Prime Minister Luciano Carita Cavallería, executed by firing squads, while sparing politicians from the Party for National Resurrection who joined his newly formed National Pro-Fatherland Front. He briefly resigned on December 12, 1823, but won the heavily rigged 1824 general election and resumed the Prime Ministership on March 24, 1824.
Saelices Dávalos ruled Castilliano as a dictator, styling himself as Caudillo, for nearly 23 years from 1823 to 1845. King Adolfo I reigned as a figurehead as the King had since the establishment of the Parliament of 1565. In 1845, the military turned on Saelices Dávalos and arrested him on June 19, 1845, in a coup lead by exiled politicians Bernabé Sarmiento Cambeiro and Ángel Carvallo Piñón. Carvallo Piñón became Provisional Prime Minister and Sarmiento Cambeiro became Prime Minister after winning the 1846 general election. Saelices Dávalos was put on trial for treason was was found guilty on May 11, 1846, and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saelices Dávalos was executed on June 19, 1846, the anniversary of his removal from office.
