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== Early year ==
Antonio Benavides was born in [[La Matanza de Acentejo]] in [[Tenerife]], ([[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]) in December 8, 1678, into a farmer family. Son of Andrés (Captain of the Provincial Militias) and María, he was the third of 8 siblings. In the middle 1698, before his twentieth birthday, he joined the Spanish army as a volunteer in [[Havana]], and he fought in [[Flanders]], [[Seville]] and [[Tortosa]] ([[Catalonia, Spain]]). He ascended to [[lieutenant]] in 1701 and, after outbreak the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1701–1714), he traveled to [[Madrid]] and joined to one of the "regiments of dragoons" of the Guard Corp.<ref name="CYCSRA">Villanueva Jiménez, Jesús. [http://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2014-12-28/el-general-benavides-el-heroe-olvidado-que-salvo-a-felipe-v_599943/ Newspaper ''El Confidencial'': Antonio Benavides, el héroe olvidado que salvó al rey] (In Spanish: Antonio Benavides, the forgotten hero who salved to king); resume of his book ''La Cruz de Plata'' (in Spanish: Silver Cross), about the Antonio de Benavides figure.</ref>
[[File:Batalla de Zaragoza-1710.jpg|thumb|160px|right|Benavides participated in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Borbon side. Pictorial representation of the Battle of Saragossa, an of the battle in which he participated]]
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