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Antonio Villavicencio y Verástegui (January 9, 1775 - June 6, 1816) was a Neogranadine Lieutenant statesman and soldier, born in Quito, and educated in Spain. He served in the Battle of Trafalgar as an office in the Spanish Navy. He was sent as a representative of the Crown to the New Granada, and his arrival was used as an excuse in Santafé de Bogotá to start a revolt, this was known as the Florero de Llorente which culminated with the proclamation of Independence from Spain. After this incident he resigned his office and joined the Independence cause. He was later captured and became the first martyr executed during the reign of terror of Pablo Morillo. ==Early life== Villavicencio was born on January 9, 1775, in Quito, Ecuador, which at the time formed part of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada. His parents were Juan Fernando de Villavicencio y Guerrero, II Count of the Real Agrado〔''Titulos nobiliarios en el Ecuador'' (Page 88) BY José Alejandro Guzman〕 and Knight of the Order of Santiago,〔''Antonio de Villavicencio (el protomartir) y la Revolución de la independencia'' (Page 4), By José Dolores Monsalve〕 and doña Joaquina Verástegui y Dávila, daughter of the Oidor and Mayor of the Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogota.〔''Biografías de los mandatarios y ministros de la Real Audiencia(1671 a 1819)'' By José María Restrepo Sáenz〕 Villavicencio attended Our Lady of the Rosary University and afterwards his parents sent him to Spain to study in the College of Noble Americans in the city of Granada, where he studied in the Spanish Armada, and earning the grade of Second Lieutenant in the Navy. He returned to New Granada in Cartagena de Indias as a Frigate Lieutenant patrolling the Atlantic Cost. In 1804 he returned to Spain, this time serving in the Navy in the Napoleonic Wars. He fought in the Battle of Trafalgar on October 25, 1805 serving as Second Lieutenant of Antonio de Escaño. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antonio Villavicencio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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