Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros y Bermejillo

Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros y Bermejillo was a Spanish military officer and diplomat. A staff officer, he served as commander of the Superior War School in Madrid on several occasions. Following the Spanish coup of July 1936 and subsequent outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he fled to the Nationalist zone, where he held various political and military posts. His forces were the first to enter Madrid at the end of the war. During World War II he was ambassador of Spain to Germany, a position he held between 1940 and 1941.