Francisco de Meneses Brito (1615 – 29 December 1672) was Royal Governor of Chile between 1664 and 1667.
Francisco de Meneses Brito | |
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| Born | 1615 Cádiz, Spain |
| Died | 29 December 1672 (aged 56–57) Lima, Peru |
| Occupation | Government |
Biography
editBorn in Cádiz in 1615, was the son of Alonso de Meneses and Catalina Corbalán de Castilla. His wife was Catalina Bravo, daughter of Francisco Bravo de Saravia Ovalle (1st Marquess of la Pica) and Marcela Henestrosa Sáenz de Mena.
Sources
edit- Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. pp. 529–531.529-531&rft.pub=Imprenta Elzeviriana&rft.date=1906&rft.aulast=Medina&rft.aufirst=José Toribio&rft_id=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0008968.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Francisco de Meneses Brito" class="Z3988">
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