Ignacio lopez rayon biography of barack

Ignacio López Rayón (July 31, &#; February 2, ) was a general who led the insurgent forces of his country after Miguel Hidalgo's death, during the first years of the Mexican War of Independence.

He subsequently established the first government, Zitacuaro Council, and first constitution of the proposed independent nation, called Constitutional Elements.

First years

López Rayón was born in Tlalpujahua, Intendancy of Valladolid, the first son of Andrés Mariano López-Rayón Piña (–) and María Josefa Rafaela López-Aguado y López-Bolaños (–).

Biography

He went to the Colegio de San Nicolás in Valladolid (today's Morelia) and in Mexico City's Colegio de San Ildefonso where he became a lawyer in He lived in Mexico City but when his father got sick he had to go back to Morelia to take control of the family business (agriculture and mining) and the post office in the town.

In August he married María Ana Martínez de Rulfo.

Mexican War of Independence

During the first mo