Ignacio Allende

Ignacio Allende
Portrait by Ramón Pérez, 1865
Born	(1769-01-21)January 21, 1769 San Miguel el Grande, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico)
Died	June 26, 1811(1811-06-26) (aged 42) Chihuahua, Nueva Vizcaya, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Chihuahua, Mexico)
Allegiance	New Spain (1769-1809) Mexican independence movement (1809-1811)
Years of service	1802 - 1811
Rank	Captain (New Spain), Lieutenant General (Mexican independence movement)
Battles/wars	Mexican War of Independence

Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga (US: /ɑːˈjɛndeɪ, -di/,^[1][2] UK: /æˈ-, aɪˈɛn-/,^[3][4] Spanish: [iɣˈnasjo aˈʝende]; 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.