Augustin de iturbide biography template


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Agustin I

Mexican military and statesman
Date of Birth:
Country: Mexico

Content:
  1. Agustín de Iturbide: Mexican Revolutionary and Emperor
  2. Military Career and Early Life
  3. Plan of Iguala and Rise to Power
  4. Emperor of Mexico
  5. Coronation and Opposition
  6. Exile and Return

Agustín de Iturbide: Mexican Revolutionary and Emperor

Agustín de Iturbide, born Acatempan, Michoacán, on September 27, , played a pivotal role in Mexico's independence struggle and establishment as an empire.

Military Career and Early Life

The son of a Spanish nobleman and a Creole mother, Iturbide joined the Spanish army in , rising to the rank of colonel by Initially, he suppressed Mexican uprisings against Spanish rule (), but his allegiance shifted in when he joined the insurgent cause.

Plan of Iguala and Rise to Power

On February 21, , Iturbide issued the Plan of Iguala, calling for Mexican independence, a constitutional monarchy, and the union of all social classes under the Catholic fai