Bartolomé de Osuna was the

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colonial governor of

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from 1643 to 1648. In 1643, Bartolomé de Osuna took over the Spanish governorship of Santiago de Cuba from

Pedro de la Roca de Borja Pedro de la Roca de Borja or Pedro de la Roca y Borja was a Spanish people, Spanish noble and the colonial governor of Santiago de Cuba from 1637 to 1640 or 1643. He was a member of the prestigious House of Borgia, House of Borja family. In 1637, P ...

. Later in the same year, he fought and won a duel against

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, injuring him gravely. He was succeeded as the city's governor by Felipe de Rivera in 1648. Isabelo Macías Domínguez:
Cuba en la primera mitad del siglo XVII
pg. 239.

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