Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia
Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia | |
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| Presidente de la House of Borja | |
| Spouse(s) | Violante Miguel de Heredia y Forcadell |
| Issue | Juan de Borja y Miguel |
| Father | Fernando de Borja Aragón y Castro |
| Mother | Violante de Armendia |
Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia (b. 1564*,
Biography
Juan Bueanaventura was the son of Fernando de Borja Aragón y Castro and his wife, Violante de Armendia. He was the grandson of the
Upon completing his bachelor's education in the arts at the University of Alcalá, he enrolled himself in the University of Salamanca, where he further pursued a degree in canon studies.
He was legitimized by King
He carried out various functions within the New Kingdom of Granada; amongst them was his most famous role as the President of the Real Audiencia de Santa Fe de Bogotá, a post to which he was named in 1605. He was elected the Audencia's seventh president at 41 years of age, on 2 October 1605. He would continue uninterrupted in this post until his death 22 years later.
During his mandate, he carried out various campaigns against the local indigenous people of his territory. The most intense campaign was the pacification of the
In 1605, he created the Tribunal de Cuentas de Santafé, and, in 1620, a royal decree ordered the establishment of a
He was conferred with the honor of being a Knight of the
Death and legacy
He died in
Ancestry
| 32. Fernando II de Aragón | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18. Alfonso de Aragón y Roig de Ivorra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37. Aldonza Roig de Ivorra y Alemany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Juana de Aragón y de Gurrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19. Ana de Gurrea y Guerra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Fernando de Borja y Castro | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Alvaro de Castro “the Old” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Eleonor de Castro Melo e Meneses Barreto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22. Nuño Rodríguez Barreto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Isabel de Melo Barreto y Meneses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Isabel de Melo y Villena | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Juan de Borja y Amendia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Domingo Matheu (el Mediano) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Violante de Armendia y Matheu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Violante de Armendia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Marriage and Descendants
On 3 September 1597, he married Violante Miguel de Heredia y Forcadell. Violante was born in Ulldecoma,
See also
References
- ^ Borja Genealogy (see "Juan de Borja, nacido en Gandía el 16-X-1564") (in Spanish)
- Aguilera Peña, Mario (1992). "Presidentes del Nuevo Reino" (in Spanish). Bogotá: Revista Credencial Historia. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012.
- Jaramillo Borja, José Ramón; La Parra López, Santiago. "Los Borja: De Europa a Ecuador" (in Spanish). Revista Numbers. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015.
- Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (2010). "Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española" (PDF) (in Spanish). BOLETÍN DE LA REAL ACADEMIA MATRITENSE DE HERÁLDICA Y GENEALOGÍA. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
