Juan de Posada, was a governor of

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and Santa Elena from 1588 to 1589.

Biography

Juan de Posada was born in

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, in Asturias, and was the son of Pedro de Tarapiella and Teresa Díaz de Posada.Witness to Empire and the Tightening of Military Control: Santa Elena's Second Spanish Occupation, 1577-1587
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. Page 19. Juan de Posada began serving in the Spanish military in 1570, and by October 1, 1578 he was living in ''La Florida'', where he was the ''tenedor de bastimentos'' (person in charge of the distribution of food). On August 19, 1588, Governor Menéndez Márquez named him captain of the fort of Santa Elena, and the same year he was appointed as the governor of

, an office he retained until 1589. De Posada was named treasurer of Saint Augustine on 17 April 1592, but drowned the same year while sailing to Florida.

Personal life

Posada married Catalina Menéndez Márquez, a sister of

Pedro Menéndez Márquez Pedro Menéndez Márquez (c.1537 – 1600) was a Spanish military officer, conquistador, and governor of Spanish Florida. He was a nephew of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who had been appointed ''adelantado'' (an elite military and administrative p ...

. One of their daughters, María Menéndez y Posada, married future governor of Florida

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when she was only 12 years old. The marriage was arranged by the uncle of both, Pedro Menéndez Márquez. Maria Menéndez y Posada inherited the title of royal treasurer of Saint Augustine, which had originally been carried by his father.

References

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