Jaime de Guzmán-Dávalos y Spínola

Jaime de Guzmán y Spinola, II Marquis of la Mina (1690–1767) was a Spanish Army commander and Captain General of Catalonia.

[1] During this period, Mina corresponded frequently with the French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Amelot, to negotiate a mutual defence treaty between Spain and France, following the War of the Polish Succession.

[1] At the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession he joined the Spanish army in Italy and played an important role in the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.

After the disastrous 1746 campaign, he replaced the Count de Gages as supreme commander of the Spanish troops in Italy until the end of the war.

In 1742 he was appointed interim Captain General of Catalonia,[1] a function he exercised from Italy until 1747 (with a gap between 1744-1746), finally taking up his post in 1754.