Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía Venegas y Ponce de León, 1st Count of Villadompardo was Spanish viceroy of Peru from 1584 to 20 November 1589.
Biography
In 1576 he was named Count of Villadompardo by King
Philip II.
He was named viceroy on 31 March 1584. On 30 April 1586, during his administration, Isabel Flores de Oliva, later
Saint Rose of Lima, was born. The Lima people knew him as ''el Temblecón'' (The Quaking One), from the frequent nervous shaking in his hands.
The English corsair
Thomas Cavendish appeared off the coast.
On 9 July 1586 a
strong earthquake struck
Lima
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and
Callao, and an associated tsunami did some damage in Callao. The first books printed in Peru were produced by
Antonio Ricardo, a printer from Turin settled in Lima.
Torres de Portugal founded his entailed estate (''mayorazgo'') in
Seville
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on 12 October 1592.
External links
A few detailsFoundation of the countshipSanta Rosa de Lima
Viceroys of Peru
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
1580s in the Viceroyalty of Peru
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