War of the Supremes

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War of the Supremes
Part of the Colombian Civil Wars
Campaigns of the war of the supremes 1839–1842
Date June 30, 1839 - January 29, 1842 Location Republic of New Granada Result Government Victory
Belligerents
New Granada Ecuador	Supremes
Commanders and leaders
José Ignacio de Márquez Juan José Neira † Pedro Alcántara Herrán Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera Eusebio Borrero y Costa Juan José Flores	José María Obando Vicente Vanegas † José María Vezga Santofimio † José María Tadeo Galindo † Manuel González Valencia Juan José Reyes Patria Salvador Córdova † Francisco Javier Carmona Santiago Mariño Juan Antonio Gutiérrez de Piñeres Tomás Herrera
Strength
5,079 Army of Colombia 1,184 national militia 1,500 Ecuadorians approximately	2,000 1839
3,400-4,000 killed between 1840 and 1842.

The War of the Supremes (Spanish: Guerra de los Supremos, also called the Guerra de los Conventos, 'war of the convents') was a civil conflict in Republic of the New Granada (present-day Colombia) from 1839 to 1842 caused by the ambitions of various regional leaders (gamonales) to seize power and depose President José Ignacio de Márquez. It was called the War of the Supremes because of the participation of General José María Obando and other revolutionary gamonales who called themselves jefes supremos ('supreme chiefs').