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Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme
(; 1778–1842) was a
Chilean
independence leader who, together with
José de San Martín
, freed
Chile
from Spanish rule in the
Chilean War of Independence
. Although he was the second
Supreme Director of Chile
(1817–1823), he is considered one of
Chile
's
founding fathers
, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state. O'Higgins was of
Spanish
and Irish ancestry.
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