Angel de Peredo

Ángel de Peredo (* 1623 in Queveda, Cantabria , Spain ; † March 21, 1677 in Córdoba , today: Argentina ) was a Spanish officer and judge who served temporarily as governor of Chile and later as governor of the province of Tucumán .

Life

Peredo came from a family in the mountains near Santander . He served the Spanish crown as an officer in the wars against Portugal . He was married to Antonia Ramírez Urrutía y Erratia, his son was inducted into the Order of Calatrava. Peredo then went to the New World.

He was President of the Real Audiencia of Chile when King Philip IV ordered the removal of Governor Pedro Porter Casanate . In this capacity the Viceroy of Peru, the Duke of Santisteban del Puerto , temporarily transferred the office of governor to him until a successor from Europe appointed by the king would arrive.

He took over the official business in May 1662 from the incumbent predecessor Diego González Montero . Peredo's tenure was also marked by the war against the insurgent Mapuche in Araucania . He repopulated forts that had been devastated by the Indians and founded the city of Santa Maria de Guadalupe , today's Lota , to fortify the border .

In January 1664 he was succeeded by Francisco de Meneses Brito , who was appointed by the king as his regular successor and who arrived from Spain via Buenos Aires . Immediately after he took office, the successor raised serious allegations against Peredo. According to Meneses, he had expanded the number of positions in the army beyond what was needed and offered public positions for sale. Peredo fled across the Andes from the threat of arrest.

After Meneses' deposition, Peredo was rehabilitated and served as governor of the province of Tucumán from 1670 to 1674. In this position, too, he was engaged in fighting Indians. In 1673 he led a punitive expedition against the Mocoví des Gran Chaco after they repeatedly attacked settlements. He had already received permission to return to Europe from Spain when he died in Córdoba.

literature

• José Toribio Medina : Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile . Imprenta Elziviriana, Santiago, Chile 1906, p. 665–668 (Spanish, memoriachilena.cl [PDF; accessed June 15, 2010]).
• Diego Barros Arana : Historia General de Chile . tape 5 . Editorial Universitaria, Santiago de Chile 2001, p. 29–34 (Spanish, memoriachilena.cl [accessed June 10, 2010] First edition: 1886).