Félix de Berroeta
Félix de Berroeta (* in Azpeitia , Guipuzcoa Province , Basque Country , Spain ; † May 26, 1768 in Valdivia , Chile ) was a Spanish officer and colonial administrator who temporarily served as governor of Chile from 1761 to 1762 .
He was married to Josefa de Iturrigaray.
Berroeta entered the service of the Spanish crown in 1732, first in the infantry regiment of Cordoba , later in Catalonia and with the Queen's dragoons .
He took part in various battles, such as at Campo Santo in Italy and in the defense of Veletri , where he was wounded. Governor Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent , who had met him as an adjutance officer in his cavalry regiment of Batavia, hit King Charles III. propose to appoint Berroeta Governor of Valdivia . On October 21, 1761 he took up this office ( coming by ship from Cádiz ).
When Governor Amat was appointed Viceroy of Peru , he appointed Berroeta as his interim successor. He served from September 9, 1761 until he gave up his office on October 3, 1762 to Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga .
Until October 1, 1763 he was the colonial administrator of Valdivia. He was sentenced to a fine for trading with the troops, which he no longer had to pay because he died earlier in 1768.
Web links
- Life dates (spanish)
- José Toribio Medina: Entry in the Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (Spanish) (PDF file; 107.86 MB), p. 133f.
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SURNAME | Berroeta, Felix de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor of Chile |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1732 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Azpeitia , Guipuzcoa Province , Basque Country , Spain |
DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1768 |
Place of death | Valdivia , Chile |