Fulgencio Yegros

Fulgencio Yegros
Fulgencio Yegros, by Pablo Alborno (1910)
Born
Fulgencio Yegros y Franco de Torres

1780 (1780)
Died1821(1821-00-00) (aged 40–41)
Known forFirst head of state of independent Paraguay
SpouseFacunda Speratti

Fulgencio Yegros y Franco de Torres (born 1780 in Quyquyhó, died 1821) was a Paraguayan soldier, landowner and the first head of state of independent Paraguay. The town of Yegros is named in his honor.