Antonio Jose Sucre was a Venezuelan soldier. He was born in 1793 at Cumana and died in 1830. He served under Simon Bolivar during the war of independence, and was largely responsible for the victory at Pichincha, which freed Ecuador, and that of Ayacucho which freed Peru, from Spain. In 1826 he was chosen life president of the new republic of Bolivar, but resigned in 1828 and returned to a military career, leading the Columbians to victory over the Peruvians at Giron in February 1829. He was murdered on June the 4th 1830. Research Antonio Sucre
In heraldry, a giron or gyron is a charge consisting of the lower half of a diagonally divided quarter, usually in the top left corner of the shield. Research Giron
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