Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos (26 August 1818 – 23 June 1863)https://www.gob.mx/inafed/articulos/conmemoramos-el-natalicio-de-general-del-ejercito-y-como-gobernador-del-estado-de-veracruz-ignacio-de-la-llave was a

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and the governor of the

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Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

(1861–1862).

Life

He was born in

Orizaba, Veracruz Orizaba () is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a 2005 census ...

, a nephew of the prominent politician

Pablo de la Llave Dr. Pablo de la Llave (1773–1833) was a Mexican Roman Catholic, Catholic Priest#Catholic .26 Orthodox, priest, politician, and natural history, naturalist. He was born to a wealthy family and grew up in Córdoba, Veracruz. After a brillian ...

. He participated in the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

, in the 1851 revolution against

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, in the

Reform War The Reform War, or War of Reform ( es, Guerra de Reforma), also known as the Three Years' War ( es, Guerra de los Tres Años), was a civil war in Mexico lasting from January 11, 1858 to January 11, 1861, fought between liberals and conservativ ...

(against the conservatives), and (on the nationalist side) against the usurper

Maximilian of Mexico Maximilian I (german: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen, link=no, es, Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena, link=no; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who reigned as the only Emperor ...

. He died as a result of battle injuries sustained in 1863 in the aftermath of the Siege of Puebla.

Honors

There is a municipality of Ignacio de la Llave in the state of

, named after him. In 1932, it was renamed from San Cristóbal de la Llave. Also, the state of Veracruz was known as Veracruz-Llave from 1863 to 2004, and since 2004, it has been officially known as Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave.

References

Governors of Veracruz Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War 1818 births 1863 deaths People from Orizaba Politicians from Veracruz Mexican generals Liberalism in Mexico Second French intervention in Mexico {{mexico-mil-bio-stub