Alonso Fajardo de Tenza
Alonso Fajardo de Tenza | |
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| 16th Governor-General of the Philippines | |
| In office July 3, 1618 – July 1624 | |
| Monarchs | Philip III of Spain Philip IV of Spain |
| Governor | (Viceroy of New Spain) Diego Fernández de Córdoba, 1st Marquess of Guadalcázar Paz de Valecillo Diego Carrillo de Mendoza, 1st Marquess of Gelves |
| Preceded by | Andrés de Alcaraz |
| Succeeded by | Jeronimo de Silva |
| Signature |  |
Biography
Fajardo de Tenza was a native of
The sixth Dutch blockade of Manila took place between 12 October 1618 and the end of May 1619. Anticipating the blockade, Governor Fajardo sent a ship to Macau in September 1618 to buy ammunition, to engage in trade and, through the embassy of Dominican Father Bartolomé Martínez, to warn the Chinese against sending sampans to Manila, as they would surely be intercepted by the Dutch fleet.
In early May 1619, some Japanese ships arrived at Manila and were allowed to enter the harbor by the Dutch. At the same time, Governor Fajardo was preparing a defensive fleet. He was able to assemble two large ships, two medium-sized ships, two
In February 1620 Governor Fajardo dispatched an expedition under
Fajardo founded the Convent of Santa Clara in 1621.
Reportedly, his wife had an extramarital affair with a former
In 1623 Governor Fajardo suppressed an insurrection in the Visayas. The following July (1624), he died, reportedly from melancholy. Again, the Audiencia took over in the absence of a viceroy, until Fernándo de Silva arrived from New Spain in June 1625.
His nephew, Diego Fajardo Chacón, was also Governor of the Philippines, from 1644 to 1653.
References
- ^ Borao, José Eugenio (n.d.). "Intelligence-Gathering" Episodes in the "Manila–Macao–Taiwan Triangle" during the Dutch Wars (PDF) – via ntu.edu.tw.
- ^ elgu2
.ncc .gov .ph /itogon /index .php?id1=2&id2=3[dead link] - ^ Ocampo, Ambeth (17 September 2021). "Crime of Passion, 1621". Looking Back. Inquirer.net. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Blair, Emma Helen; Robertson, James Alexander (eds.). The Philippine Islands, 1493–1803; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 20: 1621–1624. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. Death of Dona Catalina Zambrano.
External links
- OCLC 769945708.
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
- OCLC 769945708.
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
- OCLC 769945708.
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
- Governors of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period
- Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906–1998), Instrumentário Genealógico – Linhagens Milenárias. MCMXCV, pp. 318–9
- Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles". Various (periodic publication)
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