Francisco Cuervo y Valdés
Francisco Cuervo y Valdés | |
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of Coahuila | |
In office 1698 – 1702 (Texas) / 1703 (coahuila) | |
Preceded by | Gregorio de Salinas Varona |
Succeeded by | Mathias de Aguirre |
34th Spanish Governor of New Mexico | |
In office June 1705 – August 1707 | |
Preceded by | Juan Páez Hurtado |
Succeeded by | Jose Chacón Medina Salazar y Villaseñor |
Personal details | |
Born | June 16, 1651 Asturias, Spain |
Died | 1714 (62 or 63 years old) Mexico City, New Spain |
Profession | Politician |
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Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (16 June 1651 – 1714) was a Spanish politician who governed Nuevo León (1687-1688), Nueva Extremadura (1698–1703), New Philippines (1698–1702), and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1704–1707).
Early years
Cuervo y Valdés was born on June 16, 1651, in Santa María de Grado (in Asturias, Spain). His family was of noble background.[1] Cuervo y Valdes was a Knight of Santiago and a Treasury official in Guadalajara.[2] In 1678, he emigrated to New Spain, in what is now Mexico.[1]
Career
Upon arrival to New Spain, he served as an infantry captain and later he was appointed lieutenant governor of
Under his administration, a series of missions were founded: San Antonio Galindo Moctezuma (founded by Cuervo y Valdés and Friar Francisco Portoles on October 26, 1698), Mission San Felipe Valladares (November, 1698), the mission of Valle de San Bartolome de Jesus later renamed "Santísimo Nombre de Jesus de los Peyotes" (founded by Sergeant Mayor Diego Ramón on December 18, 1698), the mission of San Juan Bautista and the Valle of Santo Domingo (1699), the Mission of San Francisco de Solano (by Antonio de Olivares in 1700), Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe and Santo Cristo (1701), and the mission of San Bernardo (1703).[4][2]
In 1704, Cuervo y Valdés was appointed acting
Upon arrival in the province, Cuervo y Valdés found that social and political conditions were quite poor. This being a result of the continuing war between the
On April 23, 1706, Cuervo y Valdés founded La Villa Real de San Francisco de Alburquerque
Cuervo y Valdés refounded several other towns in New Mexico, including Santa Maria de Galisteo (formerly known as
Cuervo y Valdés eventually returned to Mexico City and died in 1714.
Personal life
Valdés married María Francisca and they had two children: Francisco Antonio Cuervo and Ana María Cuervo.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Marc Simmons (2003). Hispanic Albuquerque, 1706-1846. University of New Mexico Press, pages 53 - 55.
- ^ a b c d e f g New Mexico Office of the State Historian: Cuervo y Valdes, Francisco Archived 2015-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Publisher in New Mexico State Record Center and Archives. Consulted between December 24, 2011 and July 28, 2012.
- ^ "Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes (governor of New Mexico. Encyclopædia Britannica eb.com. Accessed October 30, 2010, at 14:12". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ Piñera Ramirez, David (1994). Visión histórica de la frontera norte de México (in Spanish: Historical view of the northern border of Mexico), Volume 2. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Page 108.
- ^ a b Treib, Marc (1993). Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico. University of California Press. Page 250.