Luis De la Cruz y Goyeneche ( Concepción, Reino de Chile, 25 August 1768 –† Santiago de Chile, 1828) was a

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an politician and military, son of Pablo De la Cruz and Antonia de Goyeneche y Lope de Lara. His father was born in

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(Spain) in 1714 and was a military who came to Chile in 1740. He married Josefa Prieto and their son (of five) José María de la Cruz Prieto would also have an important military career. In 1806 he found and explored the shortest way from

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to Buenos Aires. He began later his military career during the Chilean War of Independence and participated in several battles and he replaced

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in some occasions. Ruring the ''Reconquista'', the re-occupation of Chile by the royalist Spanish forces 1814-17, he was held prisoner in the

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and freed in 1817 after the

Battle of Chacabuco The Battle of Chacabuco, fought during the Chilean War of Independence, occurred on February 12, 1817. The Army of the Andes of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, led by Captain–General José de San Martín, defeated a Spanish for ...

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* Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chil
Ficha parlamentaria - Luis De la Cruz Goyeneche
1768 births 1828 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Explorers of Chile Chilean Army generals People from Concepción, Chile People of the Chilean War of Independence {{Chile-bio-stub