Doctor Juan Jiménez de Montalvo (born 1551, Olmedo, Castile) was an ''oidor'' (judge) of the Royal '' Audiencia'' of

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, and briefly in 1621 and 1622, interim viceroy of

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Biography

According to his biographer Manuel Moreyra y Paz Soldán, Juan Jiménez de Montalvo was a native of Olmedo, in Old Castile. In 1598 he was designated ''oidor'' (judge) of the Royal ''Audiencia'' of

. On December 31, 1621, Viceroy

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embarked for Spain. As the senior member of the Audiencia, Jiménez de Montalvo took the reins of government as interim viceroy. He served as acting viceroy for seven months, until the arrival of

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. During this time he presided over the ceremonies for the proclamation of King

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and the swearing of allegiance to the new monarch. He married Mayor Bravo de Saravia y Cáceres, a native of

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. They had four children. One son, Juan, became president of the

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in Spain. Another son, Diego, became a knight of the

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. After the death of Doctor Jiménez de Montalvo, his widow remarried, to another oidor in the Audiencia of Lima, Doctor Francisco de Alfaro.

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1551 births 17th-century deaths Viceroys of Peru University of Salamanca alumni Spanish people in the Viceroyalty of Peru {{Peru-politician-stub