Simón de Herrera
Simón de Herrera | |
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| 44th Cristóbal Domínguez | |
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| Born | 1754 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands |
| Died | April 3, 1813 (aged 58-59) Bexar County, Spanish Texas, New Spain |
Simón de Herrera y Leyva (1754–1813) was a lifelong political and military professional for Spain, primarily in the lands known as New Spain and at times ventured to Europe. He became an interim governor of Spanish Texas at San Antonio and a governor of Nuevo León.
Early life and career
Born in the
In 1782, he fought under the command of Bernardo de Gálvez at Guárico, Venezuela, and became acquainted with George Washington. He performed military services from 1788 to 1794 in Colotlán and Guadalajara, in Nueva Galicia, and afterwards took on a military leadership role in Nuevo León.[1]
Governorships
On April 7, 1795, he assumed political and military governorship of Nuevo León. He successfully lead his command against large raiding parties of Apaches and Comanches in 1797. In addition, he provided protection for the Texas frontier.[2]
Move to Texas
Commissioned as commandant of the Louisiana frontier, he traveled to
During the rebellion led by
Capture and execution
Pursued by the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition, they suffered a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Rosillo Creek. On March 29, in less than an hour, an army of over a thousand were defeated by an army half their strength.[10] They surrendered San Antonio to the republican army on April 1, 1813. and the royalist leaders were taken prisoner. Two days later radical Mexican revolutionaries murdered Governors Herrera and Salcedo, and several other leaders as they were marched out of town. Their bodies were left on the ground,[11] but later they were retrieved by Father José Dario Zambrano and buried at the San Fernando Cathedral on August 28.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d Harris Gaylord Warren and Jack D. L. Homes, "HERRERA, SIMON DE", Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ "Nuevo León" Archived 2003-09-03 at the Wayback Machine La Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- ^ a b Edmonson, p. 31.
- ^ Weber p. 295.
- ^ Almaráz, p. 118.
- ^ Almaráz, p. 119.
- ^ Edmonson, p. 35.
- ^ Edmonson, p. 37.
- ^ Almaráz (1971), p. 168.
- ^ Robert H. Thonhoff, "ROSILLO, BATTLE OF" Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ Almaráz, p. 171.
- ^ Almaráz, p. 1721.
- Almaráz, Félix D. Jr. (1971), Tragic Cavalier: Governor Manuel Salcedo of Texas, 1808–1813 (2nd ed.), College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 0-89096-503-X
- Edmondson, J.R. (2000), The Alamo Story-From History to Current Conflicts, Plano, Texas: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-678-0
- ISBN 0-300-05198-0
Further reading
- Morón Villarreal, Jesús; Gutiérrez and Magee, Tex-Mex Heroes; Houston, Texas: J. Morón Villarreal, 1995. OCLC 39126265
- Teja, Jesús de la (1991), A Revolution Remembered: The Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguin, Austin, Texas: State House Press, ISBN 0-938349-68-6
- Walker, Henry P; William McLane's narrative of the Magee-Gutierrez expedition, 1812-1813; Austin, Texas: OCLC 30688594
External links
- Simón de Herrera in the Handbook of Texas; accessed 3 April 2015.
- Simón de Herrera at Find a Grave
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