Ignacio Allende
Generalissimo, Military Person
1769 – 1811
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Who was Ignacio Allende?
Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga, born Ignacio Allende y Unzaga, was a captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secret meetings organized by Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, where the possibility of an independent New Spain was discussed. He fought along with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the first stage of the struggle, eventually succeeding him in leadership of the rebellion. Allende was captured by Spanish colonial authorities while he was in Chihuahua and executed for treason.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1769
San Miguel de Allende - Profession
- Lived in
- Guanajuato
- Died
- Jun 26, 1811
Chihuahua
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on July 23, 2013
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