Simón Bolívar

Also known as The Liberator, The Liberator of America

Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)

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Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military leader and statesman who lived from 1783 to 1830 and played a major role in South American independence movements. He is historically significant because he led several territories in northern South America to independence from Spanish colonial rule during the early 19th century.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Gran Colombia
Place of birth: Caracas
Place of death: Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino
Occupation: military officer
Position held: president
Languages spoken: French
Native language: Spanish
Religion: Regular Masonic jurisdictions
Participant in: Admirable Campaign
Student of: Andrés Bello
Conflict: Spanish American wars of independence
Military rank: general
Image: Simón Bolívar by Acevedo Bernal, 1922.jpg
Number of children: 0

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name in native language: Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing language: Spanish
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Commons category: Simón Bolívar
cause of death: typhoid fever
date of birth: 1783-07-24
date of death: 1830-12-17
topic's main category: Category:Simón Bolívar
medical condition: tuberculosis
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Simón Bolívar
place of burial: National Pantheon
unmarried partner: Manuela Sáenz
has pet: Nevado
second family name in Spanish name: Blanco
Commons Creator page: Simón Bolívar

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Encyclopedic overview

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.

Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into a wealthy family of American-born Spaniards (criollo) but lost both parents as a child. He was educated abroad and lived in Spain, as was common for men of upper-class families in his day. While living in Madrid from 1800 to 1802, he was introduced to Enlightenment philosophy and married María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa, who died in Venezuela from yellow fever in 1803. From 1803 to 1805, Bolívar embarked on a Grand Tour that ended in Rome, where he swore to end Spanish rule in the Americas. In 1807, Bolívar returned to Venezuela and promoted Venezuelan independence to other wealthy creoles. When Napoleon's Peninsular War weakened Spanish authority, Bolívar became a zealous combatant and politician in the Spanish American wars of independence.

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