Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa (? - August 9, 1698) Spanish soldier born in
Concepción, Chile
Concepción (; originally: ''Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz'', "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and commune in central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Concepción metropolitan a ...
, son of
Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba
Alonso de Figueroa y Cordova (1589? in Spain – 1652) was a Spanish soldier who, in the days of the reign of Philip IV of Spain, temporarily carried out the position of Captain General and Royal Governor of Chile, besides president of its Real Au ...
and father of the historian
Pedro de Cordova y Figueroa. He served as lieutenant, captain of infantry and of cavalry in
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and
San Carlos de Austria; lieutenant general of cavalry and
Sargento Mayor of the
Captaincy General of Chile.
Sources
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José Toribio Medina ''Diccionario biográfico colonial de Chile'', Impr. Elziviriana, Santiago, 1906, Pj. 211 CORDOBA Y FIGUEROA (ALONSO DE)
1698 deaths
17th-century Chilean people
Spanish generals
17th-century Spanish military personnel
Year of birth unknown
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