(Redirected from Vicente Emparan)'Vicente Emparán' was a
Spanish Captain General, born in
Azpeitia,
Guipúzcoa in
1747.
He was governor of
Cumaná province in the Spanish colony of
Venezuela,
New Granada between
1792 and
1804.
In
1808,
Spain was
invaded by the
French under
Napoleon. Under the puppet government installed by Napoleon, Emparán accepted the position of
Captaincy General of
Venezuela.
Emparán arrived in Venezuela in
May of
1809. During the following year he successfully avoided several
coups, but on
April 19,
1810 he was finally overthrown by the forces of
Simón Bolívar, who established the
First Republic of Venezuela. Following his ouster, he was exiled to the
United States. He died in
El Puerto de Santa María,
Cádiz, Spain on
October 3,
1842.
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