Lauya ta hanyar sana'a, an haife shi a Valladolid a cikin 1772. Yana daga cikin theungiyar Croananan antananan Masarauta tare da mukamin Laftana.
A Jalapa ya hadu da wasu gungun marasa bin addini wadanda yake tare da su a cikin makircin Valladolid a shekarar 1809. An kama shi a matsayin fursuna, amma ya sami ‘yanci, yana mai cewa burinsa shi ne mayar da gwamnatin New Spain zuwa Fernando VII.
Lokacin da hukumomin viceregal suka sami masaniya game da motsi na Hidalgo, sai a aika shi a matsayin ɗan fursuna zuwa San Juan de Ulúa sannan daga baya a tura shi zuwa Spain, tunda ana ɗaukarsa wani haɗari mai haɗari ga wanzuwar Sabuwar Spain. Bayan kammala samun Yancin kai ya koma Mexico.
Shi mataimakin shugaban majalisar dokoki ne kuma memba na zartarwa tare da Miguel Domínguez (1822-1824) don maye gurbin nasarar da aka kasa nasara yayin da aka gudanar da zaben shugaban kasa. Ya shiga tsakani a cikin gudun hijirar Agustín de Iturbide, yana watsi da Tsarin Iguala da Yarjejeniyar Córdoba.
Bayan hawa karagar mulki, an nada Nicolás Bravo a matsayin Minista mai cikakken iko a Burtaniya. Ya bi ta Turai da Asiya orarama. Yana daga cikin Majalisar Wakilan Amurka da Simón Bolívar ya kira a Panama. Createirƙirar Yorkino na Innkeeping.
Ya gabatar da kofi ga Meziko ta hanyar dasa wasu tsire-tsire da aka kawo daga Moka, Arabiya, waɗanda aka samu nasarar haɗuwa da shi a gonarsa, kusa da Uruapan, Michoacán. Ya mutu a 1852.
