Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor

Royal Governor of Chile

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Cristóbal de la Cerda
Royal Governor of Chile
In office
December 1620 – November 1621
MonarchPhilip III
Prime MinisterCristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda
Preceded byLope de Ulloa
Succeeded byPedro Osores
Personal details
Born1585
Mexico City, Mexico
SpouseSebastiana de Avendaño
ProfessionLawyer

Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor, (México 1585? – † ? ); Spanish oidor, lawyer of the Real Audiencia of Chile. After the death of governor Lope de Ulloa y Lemos he assumed the temporary governance of Chile for eleven months, between December 1620 and November 1621.

Sources

  • Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. pp. 197–203.
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Preceded by Royal Governor of Chile
1620–1621
Succeeded by
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