Juan Ramírez de Velasco
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Juan Ramírez de Velasco (c.1539 – 1597) was a Spanish conquistador of Chile and Argentina. Founder of the province of La Rioja.


Biography

Juan Ramírez de Velasco was born in the village of Estollo, son of a noble family of Castile, and descendant of the King of Navarre
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. In 1570 Ramirez was married in Seville with Catherine de Ugarte, a Spanish noblewoman, daughter of Pedro Santiago de Ugarte and Ana de Velasco.


Career

In his youth Ramírez fought in Flanders and Italy during the Italian War of 1551–59. Arrived in
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Ramirez was appointed governor of Tucumán by
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to replace Hernando de Lerma. Ramírez served in the government of Tucuman between 1586-1593. In 1588 being the governor of Tucumán Juan Ramirez de Velasco made expeditions against the Indians in calchaquí valley and won the allegiance of a son of
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. Shortly after he founded the city of Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja. In 1592 he founded the city of Madrid de las Juntas in the present department Metán. In 1594 Juan Ramírez Velasco was appointed commander of the
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a position he held between 1595-1597. He was replaced by Hernando Arias de Saavedra. Juan Ramirez de Velasco died in February 1597 in the City of Santa Fe, Argentina.


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www.portaldesalta.gov.ar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez de Velasco, Juan 1539 births 1597 deaths Spanish colonial governors and administrators Governors of Paraguay People from Santa Fe, Argentina People from La Rioja Province, Argentina Castilian conquistadors Governors of the Río de la Plata