Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor
Cristóbal de la Cerda | |
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Royal Governor of Chile | |
In office December, 1620 – November, 1621 | |
Monarch | Philip III |
Prime Minister | Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda |
Preceded by | Lope de Ulloa |
Succeeded by | Pedro Osores |
Personal details | |
Born | 1585 Mexico city, Mexico |
Spouse(s) | Sebastiana de Avendaño |
Profession | Lawyer |
Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor, (México 1585? – † ? ); Spanish oidor, lawyer of the Real Audiencia of Chile. After the death of governor Lope de Ulloa y Lemos he assumed the temporary governance of Chile for eleven months, between December 1620 and November 1621.
Sources[]
- Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. pp. 197–203.
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- Royal Governors of Chile
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