Juan Treviño de Guillamas (1558 – d. before 1636) was a Spanish governor of

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(1613–1618) and

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(1621–1623).

Biography

Juan Treviño de Guillamas was born in the city of

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, and was baptized on May 31, 1558, in the Parish of San Juan Bautista. The son of Juan de Treviño y Guillamás and María Mercadillo, Treviño was appointed Captain General and governor of the Spanish province of ''La Florida'' in 1613. He moved to the provincial capital of

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, but resigned from office five years later on August 2, 1618. Juan Treviño de Guillamás was also governor of

between 1621 and 1623,Archivo General de Indias, INDIFERENTE,473,L.3
and of the

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. Treviño died before 1636.

Personal life

Juan Treviño de Guillamás married Ana María Pacheco y Zabala on November 15, 1589, in

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, and they had six children: Francisco, María Mercadillo, Catalina, Ana, Juan, and Teresa de Treviño y Pacheco. Teresa married Gonzalo Chacón de Narváez.

References

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