Vicente I
Emperor Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Guerrero was a Mexican revolutionary who was crowned Emperor of Mexico following independence from Spain and proclamation of the empire in 1820. Joined by American and Brazilian support, he defeated a conservative uprising led by Augustin Iturbide and negotiated a peace deal marrying his daughter, Maria Guerrero to Augustin Jerome Iturbide.
During his reign, he oversaw the abolition of slavery, the admission of Central America into the Empire, and the signing of the Continental Ordinance. He also stabilized the Mexican economy by negotiating the Mexican purchase with King Augustus II in 1838, ceding the northern territories of the empire to the kingdom in exchange for $30 million and the forgiveness of Mexico's war debts. He passed away in 1841 from what has been suspected to be an assassination. His death caused a succession crisis and subsequent civil war.
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1822 - 1841
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1782
1841
59 years old
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