Francisco Pérez de Valenzuela (14 November 1528 in Andújar, Spain – 27 December 1599 in

Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau R ...

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), was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Spain. He traveled to

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, where was appointed as military and navy leader by the

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in the Viceroyalty of Peru, being captain in some battles. During his last days he was a Royalist politician nominated and elected ''Corregidor'' so called ''City Mayor'' in

, city-port founded by his countryman named Peter of Valdivia (

Pedro de Valdivia Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, whe ...

) conqueror of

. There he did a good job making strategies protecting southern cities, forts and ports, and avoiding attacks by pirates. He also was a businessman like his father named ''Alonso Pérez de Valenzuela y de la Cava''.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100124174229/http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~mpilleux/genealogia/ApellidosFamiliasFundadoras.html Familias Fundadoras de Chile 1540–1600 de Julio Retamal Favereau, Carlos Celis Atria y Juan Guillermo Muñoz Correa (Editorial Universitaria, 1992) * https://web.archive.org/web/20100412114432/http://www.chilecollector.com/archwebhist2/archwebprefilatelia/gobernadores_chiloe01.html Gobernadores de Chiloé 1567–1874 División Política Administrativa Colonial de Chile * http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/12593842001258285209068/index.htm Cartas de Pedro de Valdivia que tratan del descubrimiento y conquista del Reino de Chile * http://www.tpino.netfirms.com/Valenzue.htm Consultadas, Familias Chilenas, de Tomás Pino Aldunate"" * https://web.archive.org/web/20110425033100/http://www.chilecollector.com/archwebhist2/archwebprefilatelia/gobernadores_valdivia01.html Gobernadores de Valdivia desde 1540 hasta el año 1900 * http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/fichero_articulo?codigo=1198058&orden=68018 Expediente de Nobleza del Linaje Valenzuela desde Jaén-España hasta Chile. ENGLISH * http://www.genealog.cl/Chile/V.html#PerezdeValenzuelaArandaValdivia,Pedro ""Genealogía de Chile o de la gran Familia Chilena * :es:Marchihue#Or.C3.ADgenes Viñedos y tierras de la Familia Valenzuela en el Valle de Colchagua * http://www.tpino.netfirms.com/Valenzu2.htm De acuerdo a don Luis de Roa y Urzúa (El Reyno de Chile. 1535–1810. Talleres Tipográficos Cuesta. Valladolid) * http://tpino.netfirms.com/Valenzu2.htm Extraido desde Genealógicos Pino y Cía. Ltda." (Genea Ltda.) * http://www.wikilosrios.cl/index.php/Isla_Teja´ Información acerca de Isla Teja ubicada en la Ciudad de Valdivia, Chile * http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id= * http://www.valdiviachile.com/ciudad/descubre-valdivia/historia-valdivia.htm * http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id= * http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=2141741 Hechos narrados de acontecimientos extraídos desde el libro "Pérez de Valenzuela, Un Linaje Giennense en la conquista y poblamiento del nuevo mundo" de Don Régulo Valenzuela Matte. {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Francis Perez 1528 births 1599 deaths Spanish untitled nobility Spanish viceroys