José Alejandro de Aycinena y Carrillo (24 April 1767 – 26 May 1826) was a Spanish military officer and politician who served as the Colonial Intendant of the

Intendancy of San Salvador The Intendancy of San Salvador () was an administrative division of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, itself an administrative division of the Viceroyalty of New Spain which was a part of the Spanish Empire. The intendancy was formed in 17 ...

from 1811 to 1812.

Early and personal life

José Alejandro de Aycinena y Carrillo was born on 24 April 1767 in

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, which was then a part of the

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.Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 479 His father was Juan Fermín de Aycinena e Irigoyen ( es), a member of the conservative Aycinena Family ( es), and his mother was Ana María Carrillo y Gálvez de Corral.Chandler, p. 165 He was the Rector of the M. I. University of Guatemala and the Attorney of the

Real Audiencia of Guatemala The Real Audiencia of Santiago de Guatemala (), simply known as the Audiencia of Guatemala or the Audiencia of Los Confines, was a ''Real Audiencia'' (appellate court) in the Imperial Spanish territory in Central America known as the Captaincy G ...

.Cañas 1812, p. 6

Military career

Aycinena y Carrillo was a

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in the

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and was in command of the ''Milicias de Infantería'' (Infantry Militias). On 5 November 1811, 400 Salvadorans led by

José Matías Delgado José Matías Delgado y de León (24 February 1767 – 12 November 1832) was a Salvadoran priest and doctor known as ''El Padre de la Patria Salvadoreña'' (The Father of the Salvadoran Fatherland). He was a prominent leader in the independen ...

and

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in the

declared

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and overthrew its Colonial Intendant, Antonio Gutiérrez y Ulloa.Cruz Pacheco 1981, p. 478 Gutiérrez y Ulloa was replaced by

José Mariano Batres y Asturias José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

by the independence leaders.Meléndez Chaverri 1961, pp. 154–155 Aycinena y Carrillo was sent into San Salvador to crush the rebellion.Meléndez Chaverri 1961, p. 164 On 3 December 1811, after suppressing the independence movement, Aycinena y Carrillo became the Colonial Intendant of San Salvador to bring "tranquility and betterment" to the intendancy.Meléndez Chaverri 1961, p. 167Vives 1986, p. 42 His term as Colonial Intendant ended in August 1812 when he was elected as Advisor of the State of the Real Audiencia of Guatemala, being replaced by

José María Peinado y Pezonarte José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

Death

Aycinena y Carrillo died on 26 May 1826.

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