José María Imbert
General José María Bartolomé Imbert Duplessis (né Joseph Marie Barthélemy Imbert; b. Foudon (now Le Plessis-Grammoire), Maine-et-Loire (Pays de la Loire), France, 24 August 1798–d. Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, 14 May 1847) was a French-born Dominican military figure and a mayor of Moca.
Biography
He was born to Simon Imbert and Marie Anne du Plessis (from the house of the dukes of Richelieu);[1] Imbert migrated to Moca and married María Francisca del Monte Sánchez (1807–1876) and begat 6 children, among them, Segundo Imbert.[1]
By the beginning of March 1844 Matías Ramón Mella comes as Governor of the District of Santiago and Military Chief of the area and immediately brings to José María Imbert from Moca as second in command of the army in Cibao. On March 29, 1844, the army of Jean-Louis Pierrot was near Santiago. The commander Matías Ramón Mella is caught out of town recruiting men for the improvised Dominican army will defend the country. José María Imbert managed the defense of the city with the help of Fernando Valerio, Ángel Antonio Reyes, and José María López. Imbert’s role on the Battle of Santiago was crucial for the crushing victory over the Haitian Army. In 1845, Imbert being a lieutenant of Francisco Antonio Salcedo, he fought Haitians in Beler defeating them again. Finished that campaign, he rejoined Moca, as Commander of Arms. From there he went to the same office at Puerto Plata, where he died in 1847.
He is buried at the Cathedral of Santiago, along with other heroes of the Independence and the Restoration.
See also
References
- 1 2 Arthur Noel, Víctor José (18 June 2005). "La familia Imbert y el cardenal Richeliu" (in Spanish). Dominican Institute of Genealogy. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.