José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 de febrero de 1778 – 17 de agosto de 1850) fue un general argentino y el primer líder en el virreinato del Río de la Plata por la independencia del Imperio español, que sirvió como Protector del Perú (primer Presidente del Perú). Es considerado un héroe nacional de Argentina y Perú.
José de San Martín era el quinto y último hijo de Juan de San Martín y Gregoria Matorras del Ser. Nació en Yapeyú, Corrientes, una reducción indígena de pueblo guaraní. El año exacto de su nacimiento es disputado, ya que no hay registros de su bautismo. Documentos posteriores formulados durante su vida, como pasaportes, registros de carrera militar y documentación de boda, le dieron diferentes edades. La mayoría de estos documentos señalan su año de nacimiento como 1777 o 1778. Según su acto de defunción, nació el 25 de febrero 1778.
San Martín se casó con María de los Remedios de Escalada en 1812[1].
Después de liberar completamente al Perú. San Martín abandonó inesperadamente el país y renunció al mando de su ejército, excluyéndose de la política y el ejército, y se trasladó a Francia en 1824.
José de San Martín murió el 17 de agosto de 1850, en su casa de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Francia[2]. Entre 1850 y 1861, su cadáver fue enterrado en la cripta de la Basílica Notre-Dame de Boulogne. Los restos de San Martín fueron finalmente repatriados a Argentina el 29 de mayo de 1880 adentro de la Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires.
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín, was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, who served as the Protector of Peru (first President of Peru). San Martín is regarded as a national hero of Argentina and Peru.
José de San Martín was the fifth and last son of Juan de San Martín, an unsuccessful Spanish soldier, and Gregoria Matorras del Ser. He was born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, an Indian reduction of Guaraní people. The exact year of his birth is disputed, as there are no records of his baptism. Later documents formulated during his life, such as passports, military career records and wedding documentation, gave him varying ages. Most of these documents point to his year of birth as either 1777 or 1778. According to his death certificate, he was born the 25 february 1778.
San Martín married María de los Remedios de Escalada, a 14-year-old girl from one of the local wealthy Argentine families, in 1812.
On 22 July 1822, after a closed-door meeting with fellow libertador Simón Bolívar at Guayaquil, Ecuador, Bolívar took over the task of fully liberating Peru. San Martín unexpectedly left the country and resigned the command of his army, excluding himself from politics and the military, and moved to France in 1824.
José de San Martín died on 17 August 1850, in his house at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Between 1850 and 1861, his corpse was buried in the crypt of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne. San Martín's remains were finally repatriated to Argentina on 29 May 1880. The mausoleum was placed inside the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral.
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