Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez

Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez
Portrait of Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez. (1833)
1st Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis
In office June 15, 1833 – September 29, 1844
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Manuel Cabañeras Carpio
1st Chief Field Marshal
In office June 15, 1833 – September 29, 1844
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Manuel Cabañeras Carpio
Personal details
Born	Miguel Martín Cabañeras Gutiérrez (1765-04-11)April 11, 1765 San Salvador, San Salvador, Creeperopolis
Died	September 29, 1844(1844-09-29) (aged 79) San Salvador, San Salvador, Creeperopolis
Nationality	Creeperian
Spouse(s)	Amelia María Carpio Rodríguez de Cabañeras (m. 1809; died 1839)
Children	6
Alma mater	Academia de Guerra Creeperiano en San Salvador
Occupation	Military officer
Profession	Military
Military service
Allegiance	Creeperopolis
Branch/service	Creeperian Army
Years of service	1780-1790, 1833-1844
Rank	Chief Field Marshal
Unit	Creeperian Army
Battles/wars	War of the Creeperian Succession Revolution of 1833 Annexation of Senvar-Senvek First Senvarian Insurgency†

Miguel Martín Cabañeras Gutiérrez (April 11, 1765-September 29, 1844) was the first Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis and the first Chief Field Marshal of the Creeperian Army.

Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez supported the Salvadorans during the War of the Creeperian Succession against the Manuelists from 1783-1790. He aided the rise of Emperor Adolfo III during the Revolution of 1833 and led the Creeperian Army in the First Senvarian Insurgency beginning the series of violence between Creeperopolis and its two departments of Senvar and Senvek.

Military Career

War of Succession

Main article: War of the Creeperian Succession

Revolution

The grandson of Salvador III, Adolfo Martínez Schuessler, became an officer in the Creeperian Army in 1826. As a Lieutenant-General, Adolfo gathered a following of soldiers who supported him, and many wished to establish him on the throne, as Manuel IV was growing old and was becoming an unpopular Emperor. Soldiers in the army began to only take orders from Adolfo by 1833. Manuel IV had enough of what he believed to be a mutiny against his orders, and stripped Adolfo of his rank and kicked him out of the Imperial Army on June 12, 1833.

Upon hearing of the firing of Adolfo, many Generals and Field Marshals grew a bad taste for Manuel IV and defected to the cause of Adolfo. Adolfo had begun to rally up supporters in Helam and began marching his troops to San Salvador on June 13.

Manuel IV realized that the military is turning against him and orders for Adolfo's arrest, along with the arrest of any supporters. Manuel IV had Field Marshal Fidel Amaro Sánchez order the troops following Adolfo to arrest him, but the soldiers refused to listen. Amaro was then arrested by Adolfo's soldiers and executed via firing squad, marking the beginning of the Revolution of 1833.

Upon hearing the death of his most loyal Field Marshall, Manuel IV ordered the palace guards to arm themselves and defend the Imperial Palace of Creeperopolis to the death while he and his family hid within the palace preparing for the end, as the entire military has turned against him.

Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez, was recuited by Adolfo to depose Manuel IV from power. Adolfo promoted Miguel to Chief Field Marshal, signaling to the soldiers and officers that Adolfo is declaring himself as the true Emperor of Creeperopolis.

The soldiers arrived at the Imperial Palace at 12 noon and began to fire at the palace guards defending the palace. The well trained soldiers overwhelmed the outside defenders and infiltrated the palace. Cabañeras declared that no-quarter will be given to the palace guards, leading to very heavy guard fatalities.

The army had secured the palace by 3pm and had Manuel IV and his family captured and arrested.

At 3:30pm, Adolfo had Manuel IV and his heir, Grand Prince Manuel Martínez Figueroa, executed to prevent any claimant from Manuel IV's lineage arising to challenge his own power. The rest of his family was placed under house arrest and moved to the Salvador Imperial Palace, where Adolfo had been held prisoner throughout most of his childhood.

Adolfo declared himself Emperor of Creeperopolis and the Creeperans, Adolfo III, at 4pm, thus beginning his reign over Creeperopolis and establishing Salvador III's lineage on the Imperial throne of Creeperopolis.

Later that day, Adolfo III was given a letter from Pope Gregorio XVI himself congratulation him on his rise to power. He hopes that Adolfo III can revive and strengthen Creeperopolis's Creeperian Catholic heritage. As a token of gratitude, Adolfo promoted Miguel to Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis on June 15, 1833.

Minister of Defense

Senvar-Senvek

Main article: First Senvarian Insurgency

Main article: 1893 Annexation of Senvar-Senvek

Adolfo III and Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez vastly expanded the military power of Creeperopolis during his reign. On March 1, 1839, Adolfo III gave an ultimatum to the neighboring Kingdom of Senvar-Senvek to accept a peaceful annexation into Creeperopolis or face a devastating invasion. King Wilhelm III's military advisors begged him to refuse the ultimatum and go to war with Creeperopolis but he knew that his military was no match for Adolfo III and Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez's military might so he caved into the ultimatum.

Senvar-Senvek was absorbed into Creeperopolis on March 5, 1839 and Adolfo III was declared King Adolfo I of Senvar-Senvek. Wilhelm III was given compensation by free residence at the Palace of Port Senvek and Adolfo III promised that he and his family will be cared for. He gave Wilhelm III power over the administration of Port Senvek as a vassal to him.

Many Senvarians and Senvekians refused to accept Creeperian rule, however. Senvarian-Senvekian monarchists, loyalists, and nationalists, under the command of the King's brother, Frederick Schuessler I, fought the Creeperans refusing to accept annexation. The First Senvarian Insurgency, also called the First Senvar-Senvekian Insurgency, was Adolfo III's first true military conflict against a determined enemy.

Death

Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez lead the Creeperans during the First Senvarian Insurgency from 1839 until his death in 1844 at the agre of 79.

Orders and Decorations

Domestic Decorations

Country	Date	Decoration	Post-nominal letters
Creeperopolis	1833	Imperial Order of Miguel the Great	OI MIG
		Imperial Cross of Alfonso the Great	OC ALG
		Imperial Order of Manuel the Great	OI MAG
		Order of the Crusaders’ Cross First Class	OCC PC
		Order of the Crusaders’ Cross Second Class	OCC SC
		Order of the Star of the White Rose First Class	OERB PC
		Order of the Star of the White Rose Second Class	OERB SC
		Imperial Order of Valor and Bravery	OI VB
		Imperial Order of the Cross of Carlos the Martyr	OI CCM
		Order of the Golden Star’s Cross First Class	OCEO PC
		Order of the Golden Star’s Cross Second Class	OCEO SC
	1780 1783 1785 1833 1834 1839 1845	Star of the Imperial Army x7 (1845 posthumous)	EEI

Foreign Decorations

Country	Date	Decoration	Post-nominal letters
State of the Church	1833	Supreme Order of Christ	OSC
	1834	Order of the Papal Star	OEP
	1833	Order of the Sacred Cross	OCS

Gallery

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  Portrait of Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez, 1839.
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  Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez and his wife, Amelia María Carpio Rodríguez de Cabañeras, 1834.
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  Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez, 1839.
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  Statue of Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez in San Salvador.

See Also

• Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez
• Adolfo III of Creeperopolis
• War of the Creeperian Succession
• Revolution of 1833
• First Senvarian Insurgency