What is José de San Martín?
'''José de San Martín''' (25 February 1778{{spnd}}17 August 1850) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] general and politician. He was born in [[Yapeyú]], [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]], [[Argentina]]. He liberated [[Argentina]], [[Peru]] and [[Chile]] from [[Spain]]. In 1817, he crossed the [[Andes]] from [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]] to [[Chile]]. Together with [[Simón Bolívar]], San Martín is called one of the Liberators of [[South America]]. {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jose de San Martín | image = Retrato más canónico de José de San Martín.jpg | caption = Late 1820s painting | alt = Portrait of José de San Martín, raising the flag of Argentina | office = [[List of heads of state of Argentina#Supreme Directors (1814–1820)|Member of the Third Triumvirate]] | term_start = 18 April | term_end = 20 April 1815 | alongside = [[Matías de Irigoyen]] and [[Manuel de Sarratea]] | predecessor = [[Carlos María de Alvear]] | successor = [[José Rondeau]] | office1 = [[List of Presidents of Peru|Protector of Peru]] | term_start1 = 28 July 1821 | term_end1 = 20 September 1822 | predecessor1 = Position established | successor1 = [[Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro]] | order2 = [[Cuyo Province|Governor of Cuyo]] | term_start2 = 10 August 1814 | term_end2 = 24 September 1816 | predecessor2 = [[Marcos González de Balcarce]] | successor2 = Toribio de Luzuriaga | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1778|2|25|}} | birth_place = [[Yapeyú, Corrientes]], [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] (now [[Argentina]]) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1850|8|17|1778|2|25}} | death_place = [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], [[French Second Republic|France]] | nationality = [[Argentina|Argentine]] | spouse = [[María de los Remedios de Escalada|María de los Remedios de Escalada y la Quintana]] | children = María de las Mercedes Tomasa de San Martín y