Antonio Jose de Sucre
| Antonio José de Sucre | |
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Portrait by Martín Tovar y Tovar
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| 2nd President of Bolivia | |
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In office 29 December 1825 – 18 April 1828 |
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| Preceded by | Simón Bolívar |
| Succeeded by | José María Pérez de Urdininea |
| 6th President of Perú | |
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In office 23 June 1823 – 17 July 1823 |
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| Preceded by | José de la Riva Agüero |
| Succeeded by | José Bernardo de Tagle |
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Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá February 3, 1795 Cumaná, Captaincy General of Venezuela (in present-day Venezuela) |
| Died | June 4, 1830 (aged 35) Pasto, Republic of New Granada (in present-day Colombia) |
| Resting place | Cathedral of Quito |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Spouse(s) | Maríana de Carcelén y Larrea, Marquise of Solanda |
| Children | Teresa Sucre y Carcelén |
| Honorary title | Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho |
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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 and the second President of Bolivia. Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen. The city of Sucre, Bolivia's capital, is named for him, as is a state of Venezuela and a department of Colombia.
The aristocratic Sucre family traces its roots back to origins in Flanders. It arrived in Venezuela through Charles de Sucre y Franco Perez, a Flemish nobleman, son of Charles Adrian de Sucre, Marquess of Peru and Buenaventura Carolina Isabel Garrido y Pardo, a Spanish noblewoman. Charles de Sucre y Pardo served as 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 de Sucre y Pardo arrived in Cumaná, Venezuela, having been named Governor of New Andalucia, which includes present-day Sucre State.
In 1814, Antonio José de Sucre joined the fight for South America independence from Spain. The Battle of Pichincha took place on May 24, 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, near Quito in what is now Ecuador. The encounter, fought in the context of the Spanish American wars of independence, pitted a Patriot army under Sucre against a Royalist army commanded by Field Marshal Melchor Aymerich. The defeat of the Royalist forces brought about the liberation of Quito and secured the independence of the provinces belonging to the Real Audiencia de Quito, or Presidencia de Quito, the Spanish colonial administrative jurisdiction from which the Republic of Ecuador would eventually emerge.
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