- Antonio José de Sucre
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Antonio José de Sucre 2nd President of Bolivia In office
29 December 1825 – 18 April 1828Preceded by Simón Bolívar Succeeded by José María Pérez de Urdininea 6th President of Perú In office
23 June 1823 – 17 July 1823Preceded by José de la Riva Agüero Succeeded by José Bernardo de Tagle Personal details Born February 3, 1795
Cumaná, Viceroyalty of New Granada (in present-day Venezuela)Died June 4, 1830 (aged 35)
Pasto, ColombiaResting place Cathedral of Quito Spouse(s) Maríana Carcelén y Larrea Children Teresa Sucre y Carcelén Honorary title Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Signature Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (Spanish: [anˈtonjo xoˈse ðe ˈsukɾe j alkaˈla]; 1795–1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (English: "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), was a Venezuelan independence leader. Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen.
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Ancestry
The aristocratic Sucre family can trace its roots back to origins in Belgium. It arrived in Venezuela through Charles de Sucre y Pardo, a Flemish nobleman, son of Charles Adrian de Sucre, Marquess of Preux and Buenaventura Carolina Isabel Garrido y Pardo, a Spanish noblewoman. Charle de Sucre y Pardo served a soldier in Catalonia in 1698 and was later named Governor of Cartagena de Indias and Captain General of Cuba. On December 22, 1779, Charles Sucre y Pardo arrived in Cumaná, Venezuela having been named Governor of New Andalucia, present day Sucre state.
Military life
In 1814, Sucre joined the battles for South American independence from Spain.
Post-independence period
In 1828, when a strong movement arose against Bolívar, his followers and the Bolivian constitution, Sucre resigned.
Death and legacy
Some have argued that Sucre was assassinated so as to leave no clear successor to Bolívar. Sucre represented, according to historian Tomas Polanco Alcantara, "the indispensable complement to Simón Bolívar". When news of Sucre's death came to Bolívar, he said, "Se ha derramado, Dios excelso, la sangre del inocente Abel..." ("The blood of the innocent Abel has been spilled, God almighty..."). Bolivar later wrote (Gaceta de Colombia, July 4, 1830):
“ If he had breathed his spirit upon the theater of victory, with his last breath he would have given thanks to heaven for having given him a glorious death; but cowardly murdered in a dark mountain, he leaves his fatherland the duty of persecuting this crime and of adopting measures that will curb new scandals and the repetition of scenes as lamentable and painful as this. ” Some of his descendants in Venezuela, Ecuador and U.S.A have followed in his military and political footsteps.
Antonio José de Sucre is buried in the Cathedral of Quito, Ecuador, as he had said, "I want my bones to be forever in Quito".
Further reading
- Sherwell, Guillermo A. (1924). Antonio José de Sucre (Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho): Hero and Martyr of American Independence. Washington, D.C.: Byron S. Adams.
External links
- (Spanish) Historic document: Memoria a la asamblea del Alto Perú en el día de su instalación.
Preceded by
Simón BolívarPresident of Bolivia
December 29, 1825 – April 18, 1828Succeeded by
José María Pérez de UrdinineaPreceded by
José de la Riva AgüeroPresident of Peru
June 23, 1823 – July 17, 1823Succeeded by
José Bernardo de TaglePresidents of Bolivia Simón Bolívar · Antonio José de Sucre · José María Pérez de Urdininea · Pedro Blanco Soto · Andrés de Santa Cruz · Sebastián Ágreda · Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar · José Ballivián · Eusebio Guilarte Vera · Víctor González Fuentes · José Miguel de Velasco Franco · Manuel Isidoro Belzu · Jorge Córdova · José María Linares · José María Achá · Mariano Melgarejo · Agustín Morales · Adolfo Ballivián · Tomás Frías Ametller · Hilarión Daza · Narciso Campero · Gregorio Pacheco · Aniceto Arce · Mariano Baptista · Severo Fernández · José Manuel Pando · Eliodoro Villazón · Ismael Montes · José Gutiérrez · Bautista Saavedra · Felipe S. Guzmán · Hernando Siles Reyes · Carlos Blanco Galindo · Daniel Salamanca Urey · José Luis Tejada Sorzano · David Toro · Germán Busch · Carlos Quintanilla · Enrique Peñaranda · Gualberto Villarroel · Néstor Guillén · Tomás Monje · Enrique Hertzog · Mamerto Urriolagoitia · Hugo Ballivián · René Barrientos · Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas · Alfredo Ovando Candía · Juan José Torres · Hugo Banzer · Juan Pereda · David Padilla · Wálter Guevara · Alberto Natusch · Lidia Gueiler Tejada · Luis García Meza Tejada · Celso Torrelio · Guido Vildoso · Hernán Siles Zuazo · Víctor Paz Estenssoro · Jaime Paz Zamora · Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada · Hugo Banzer · Jorge Quiroga · Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada · Carlos Mesa · Eduardo Rodríguez · Evo MoralesCategories:- Presidents of Peru
- 1795 births
- 1830 deaths
- People from Cumaná
- Assassinated Bolivian politicians
- Deaths by firearm in Colombia
- People of the Spanish American wars of independence
- People of the Peruvian War of Independence
- People of the Venezuelan War of Independence
- Presidents of Bolivia
- Sucre
- Venezuelan soldiers
- Venezuelan people of French descent
- Venezuelan people of German descent
- Viceroyalty of New Granada people
- Bolivian people murdered abroad
- People murdered in Colombia
- People of the Latin American wars of independence
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