Ignacio Allende
Mexican general
Died when: 42 years 156 days (509 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga (US: /??'j?nde?, -di/, UK: /æ'-, a?'?n-/, Spanish: [i?'nasjo a'?ende];
January 21, 1769 – June 26, 1811), commonly known as Ignacio Allende, was a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain 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 Mexico 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 Coahuila and executed for treason in Chihuahua.
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