Pedro Osores de Ulloa (Saa,

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Penins ...

, 1554 – Concepcion, Chile, September 18, 1624) was

Royal Governor of Chile The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General. There were 66 such governors or captains du ...

from November 1621 to September 1624. He replaced

Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor, (México 1585? – † ? ); Spanish oidor, lawyer of the Real Audiencia of Chile. After the death of governor Lope de Ulloa y Lemos Lope de Ulloa y Lemos (1572? in Galicia – December 8, 1620 in Concepcion ...

. On his death bed Osores appointed his brother-in-law Francisco de Álava y Nureña as temporary governor in September 1624. Was a knight of the

Order of Alcántara The Order of Alcántara ( Leonese: ''Orde de Alcántara'', es, Orden de Alcántara), also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of León, founded in 1166 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1177. Alcántara Alc ...

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* 1554 births 1624 deaths Royal Governors of Chile Spanish generals Spanish military personnel Knights of the Order of Alcántara People from Vigo {{Chile-politician-stub