Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía Venegas y Ponce de León, first count of Villadompardo was Spanish viceroy of Peru from 1584 to 20 November 1589.

Biography

In 1576 he was named the first count of Villadompardo by King

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. He was named viceroy on 31 March 1584. On 30 April 1586, during his administration, Isabel Flores de Oliva, later

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, was born. The Lima people knew him as ''el Temblecón'' (The Quaking One), from the frequent nervous shaking in his hands. The English corsair

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appeared off the coast. On 9 July 1586 a strong earthquake struck

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and Callao, and an associated tsunami did some damage in Callao. The first books printed in Peru were produced by

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, a printer from Turin settled in Lima. Torres de Portugal founded his entailed estate (''mayorazgo'') in

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on 12 October 1592.

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Foundation of the countship

Santa Rosa de Lima
Viceroys of Peru Year of birth missing Year of death missing 1580s in the Viceroyalty of Peru {{Peru-politician-stub