Bernardo O'Higgins
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Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean military officer, statesman and a major leader of Chile's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. He was the second Supreme Director of
Portrait by José Gil de Castro
Ambrosio O'Higgins, Bernardo's father, whom he never met
José Miguel Carrera, with whom O'Higgins had an ongoing feud
O'Higgins' Charge at the Battle of Rancagua
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins, was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins family.
Bernardo O'Higgins
…state, and is considered one of Chile's founding fathers. Born in Chillán, O'Higgins was of Irish and Basque-Spanish descent and the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno, who would later become the Governor of Chile and subsequently Viceroy of Peru. While studying in London, he became acquainted with Francisco de Miranda…
Portrait of Ambrosio O'Higgins
Memorial plaque, Lima
Isabel Riquelme