Pancho Villa

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Pancho Villa was a famed Mexican revolutionary general and folk hero who played a key role in the Mexican Revolution of the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican revolutionary
folk hero
human
military commander
activeYears 1910-1920
alliedWith Emiliano Zapata
alsoKnownAs Doroteo Arango
Pancho Villa
surface form: Francisco Villa
attackDate 1916-03-09
burialPlace Parral
surface form: Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
causeOfDeath assassination
commandedBattle Battle of Celaya (as opponent)
Battle of Torreón
Battle of Zacatecas (1914)
conflictWith Venustiano Carranza
Victoriano Huerta
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
culturalDepiction Mexican folk songs (corridos)
dateOfBirth 1878-06-05
dateOfDeath 1923-07-20
ethnicGroup Mestizo
fullName José Doroteo Arango Arámbula
gender male
hasWorkAdaptedIn films about Pancho Villa
knownFor agrarian populism
guerrilla warfare tactics
redistribution of land and resources
languageSpoken Spanish
leaderOf División del Norte
militaryRank general
notableEvent retirement from active rebellion after 1920 amnesty
notableFor role in the Mexican Revolution
occupation general
guerrilla leader
revolutionary
opponent Álvaro Obregón
orderedAttackOn Columbus, New Mexico, United States
participatedIn Mexican Revolution
placeOfBirth San Juan del Río, Durango, Mexico
placeOfDeath Parral
surface form: Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
politicalAlignment Constitutionalist faction (early phase)
Constitutionalist Army
surface form: anti-Huerta forces
pursuedBy John J. Pershing
regionOfActivity Northern Mexico
surface form: northern Mexico
residence Hacienda de Canutillo, Durango, Mexico
socialBackground peasant
spouse Luz Corral
María de la Luz Corral
targetOf Mexican Expedition
surface form: Pancho Villa Expedition

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Viva Villa! mainSubject Pancho Villa
Monumento a la Revolución containsRemainsOf Pancho Villa
this entity surface form: Francisco Villa
Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa
Parral associatedWith Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa alsoKnownAs Pancho Villa
this entity surface form: Francisco Villa
Mexican Expedition opponent Pancho Villa
Venustiano Carranza opposedBy Pancho Villa
Pancho hasVariant Pancho Villa
this entity surface form: Pancho Villa (as a famous bearer’s nickname)
Emiliano Zapata alliedWith Pancho Villa
Villista forces leader Pancho Villa
Villista forces notableCommander Pancho Villa
Villista forces namedAfter Pancho Villa
Victoriano Huerta opposedBy Pancho Villa