Biography of Ignacio Allende

Ignacio Allende was born on January 21, 1729, his real name was Ignacio José de Allende and Unzaga, was the son of wealthy Spanish parents, they lived in San Miguel "El Grande", his father, Domingo Narciso de Allende y Ayerdy, was a prosperous merchant and his mother, María Ana de Unzaga, dedicated to his home.
When Ignacio AllendeHe was of the necessary age, in 1802 he enlisted in the viceregal army, he was under the orders of Félix María Calleja. He falls in love with and marries a young woman named Luz Agustina de las Fuentes, unfortunately her widow shortly after they were married in 1806. He then surrounded himself with people with independence ideas.
In 1808, upon his return from Texas, he came to the town where he was born, to take charge of a new regiment named "The Queen's Dragons", and although he continued Publicly in the service of the Spanish crown, he secretly met with a group of Creoles where they strategically planned how to achieve independence from Spain, Allende he was caught attending forbidden gatherings, but he cleverly justified himself and was not reprimanded or punished.

Those who invited him to participate in the conspiracy was the marriage formed by the Corregidores, Don Miguel Domínguez and Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, it was at the meeting that he met priest Hidalgo and Juan Aldama.

Within the plans to take up arms, it was organized to be Ignacio Allende together with Juan Aldama, who started the uprising. But because his conspiracy was discovered, then prematurely they had to advance the battle that fell on the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
In this way, Ignacio Allende I fight alongside Miguel Hidalgo and Juan Aldama. Once the town of Dolores was controlled, the entire troop of insurgents headed for San Miguel and there their troops joined them. Already in Celaya, Ignacio Allendand He was appointed "Lieutenant General", for which the Viceroy put a price on the heads of the heroes of the country, where he offered the amount of 10 thousand pesos.
Even so, the insurgents continued in the battles of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas and that of Monte de las Cruces. But when Ignacio Allende He proposed to Miguel Hidalgo that the capital should also be taken. There were disagreements between the two and clear differences that culminated until they were captured and shot.
Later the Viceroy ordered that they be beheaded and their heads placed in cages and placed in the corners of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas.