In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Monteverde and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.
Juan Domingo de Monteverde
Portrait of Domingo de Monteverde
Birth name
Juan Domingo de Monteverde
Born
(1773-04-02)April 2, 1773 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Died
September 15, 1832(1832-09-15) (aged 59) San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain
Allegiance
Spanish
Rank
Capitan General of Venezuela
Battles/wars
Venezuelan War of Independence
Juan Domingo de Monteverde y Rivas (born Juan Domingo de Monteverde; 2 April 1773 – 15 September 1832), commonly known as Domingo de Monteverde, was a Spanish soldier, governor and Captain General of Venezuela from June 1812 to 8 August 1813. Monteverde was the leader of Spanish forces in the Venezuelan War of Independence from 1812 to 1813. Monteverde led the military campaign that culminated in the fall of the First Republic of Venezuela in 1812. One year later in 1813, Monteverde was defeated by Simón Bolívar during the Admirable Campaign.
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imprisoned in La Guaira by Manuel María de las Casas and deported to Cádiz under the orders of JuanDomingodeMonteverde, where he arrived on November 19....
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resulted in a patriot victory against the forces of Spanish general DomingodeMonteverde. It was one of the five attempts by the royalists to regain control...
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what he believed to be the causes of this loss. It was written in Cartagena de Indias, on 15 December 1812. This is the first of Bolívar's public documents...
under the assault of royalist forces led by the Spanish captain DomingodeMonteverde, leading to the reestablishment of the Captaincy General of Venezuela...
Guanabacoa, where he died in 1823. His cousin, General Juan Manuel Cagigal y Monserrat, was Francisco de Miranda's friend and commanding officer at the Battle...
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expeditions sent by the Junta of Caracas. In 1812 Frigate Captain DomingodeMonteverde arrived in Venezuela with a small force of marines. He was assigned...
developments can be seen at the same time in the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. Each province, and even some cities, set up its own autonomous junta...
royalists. With these circumstances a Spanish marine frigate captain, DomingoMonteverde, operating out of Coro, was able to turn a small force under his command...
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