Ignacio Zaragoza
| Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín | |
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General Ignacio Zaragoza
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March 24, 1829 Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahia, Coahuila y Texas,  Mexico
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| Died | September 8, 1862 (aged 33) Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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| Buried at | Panteón de San Fernando Mexico City [1] |
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Mexico
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| Service/branch | Mexican Army |
| Years of service | 1853-1862 |
| Rank | General Secretary of War |
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Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnaθio saɾaˈɣoθa]; March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a liberal general in the Mexican army, best known for defeating invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 (now celebrated in both the United States and Mexico as the Cinco de Mayo).
Zaragoza was born in the early Mexican Texas village of Bahía del Espíritu Santo (now Goliad, Texas, in the United States) in what was then the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas. He was the son of Miguel G. Zaragoza and María de Jesús Seguín, who was a niece of Erasmo Seguín and cousin of Juan Seguín. The Zaragoza family moved to Matamoros, Mexico, in 1834, and thence to Monterrey, Mexico, in 1844, where young Ignacio entered a seminary.
During the political unrest of the 1850s, Zaragoza joined the army supporting the cause of the Liberal Party, in opposition to dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna. Zaragoza rose to command an army of volunteers that in 1855 defeated Santa Anna and led to the reestablishment of a constitutional democratic government in Mexico.
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