Juan Paz del Castillo
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Born | September 19, c. 1776/1778 Caracas, New Granada, Spain |
Died | August 28, 1828 near Guayaquil, Colombia |
Allegiance | Venezuela Army of the Andes Colombia Peru |
Battles/wars | Spanish American wars of independence |
Juan Paz del Castillo y Díaz Padrón (Caracas; September 19, c. 1776/1778 — near Guayaquil; August 28, 1828)[1] was a Venezuelan soldier who participated in the Venezuelan War of Independence, reaching the rank of Divisional general during the conflict.[2]
Biography
He was born on September 19—circa 1776 or 1778—in Caracas to Blas Francisco Paz del Castillo y Juana Isabel Díaz Padrón y Hernández Caraballo de Acosta,[3] who were important people in Venezuela, then part of New Granada. In 1823, he married Micaela Llona, with whom he had three children.[1]
He entered Caracas as
In 1812, after the First Republic of Venezuela was disestablished with the signing of the capitulation treaty in San Mateo, Paz del Castillo was imprisoned in La Guaira by Manuel María de las Casas and deported to Cádiz under the orders of Juan Domingo de Monteverde, where he arrived on November 19. He was sent to Ceuta on May 5, 1813, and briefly managed to escape to Gibraltar on February 17, 1814, with the assistance of Canon José Cortés de Madariaga, Doctor Juan Germán Roscio and Colonel Juan Pablo Ayala, but was deported back to Ceuta by the Duke of Kent, then governor of Gibraltar.[1]
He was released after 20 months by
In January 1818 he joined the
In July 1821, he was in
He was promoted to
From January 1823 to 1824 he was put in charge of the Intendancy of Guayaquil, where he organised troops that were later of vital importance to the battles of
Due to his explicit support of
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dávila, Vicente (1955). Investigaciones históricas. Vol. 2. Imp. Colegio "Don Bosco". pp. 5–6.
Nació en Caracas el 19 de Setiembre de 1778
- ^ La Rosa Werner, Luis Augusto (1984). A. La Rosa Castro: biografía (in Spanish). Ediciones del Congreso de la República. p. 72.
- ISBN 978-980-207-667-3.