José María García de Toledo y de Madariaga | |
Order: | 3rd |
Office: | List_of_Governors_of_the_Province_of_Cartagena#Peninsular_War.2C_Revolution_and_Independence_.281810-1820.29President of the Supreme Junta of Cartagena de Indias |
Term Start: | 1 May 1811 |
Term End: | 31 August 1811 |
Predecessor: | José María del Real e Hidalgo |
Successor: | José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas |
Order2: | 1st |
Office2: | List_of_Governors_of_the_Province_of_Cartagena#Peninsular_War.2C_Revolution_and_Independence_.281810-1820.29President of the Supreme Junta of Cartagena de Indias |
Term Start2: | 14 August 1810 |
Term End2: | 1 January 1811 |
Predecessor2: | Office created |
Successor2: | José María del Real e Hidalgo |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1769 |
Birth Place: | Cartagena, |
Death Place: | Cartagena, |
Nationality: | Neogranadine |
Alma Mater: | Our Lady of the Rosary University |
Profession: | Lawyer |
José María García de Toledo y de Madariaga (11 February 1769 — 24 February 1816) was a Neogranadine lawyer and politician, who fought against the Royalist forces during the Patria Boba period that preceded the Colombian War of Independence.
Soon after the banishment of the Spanish governor on 14 June 1810 a Supreme Junta was established in Cartagena de Indias as a direct response to Napoleon's invasion of Spain. García was named as its president, and on 11 November 1811, the Junta declared the independence of Cartagena from Spain.
He was later shot, as one of the "Nine Martyrs", by Pablo Morillo on 24 February 1816, when the city was being "pacified" after the Siege of Cartagena (1815).[1]