Lope García de Castro
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Lope García de Castro | |
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Viceroy of Peru | |
| In office September 2, 1564 – November 26, 1569 | |
| Monarch | Philip II |
| Preceded by | Juan de Saavedra |
| Succeeded by | Francisco de Toledo |
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| Born | 1516 Villanueva de Valdueza |
| Died | 8 January 1576 Madrid |
Lope García de Castro (1516 - 8 January 1576) was a Spanish colonial administrator, member of the
Biography
He was born at
In 1563 he was sent to Panama by the Council of the Indies to apply the Council's decision to end the
In February 1564, Peruvian Viceroy
The Indians of Peru had an oral tradition referring to Pacific islands known to
He suspected the Inca of plotting rebellion in Chile and Argentina. After discovering some evidence to support this, he ordered all horses and firearms confiscated from the Indians.
In 1567 an expedition under Captain Martín Ruiz de Gamboa was sent to subdue the island of Chiloé (Chile). Ruiz met little resistance. He founded the city of Castro there, named for Viceroy García de Castro.
On August 21, 1565, King Philip created a royal mint in Lima, at the urging of a previous viceroy,
He died at Madrid in 1576.
External links
- Brief biography (in Spanish)
- In Panama (brief) (in Spanish)
- Lope García de Castro relation to the Incas (brief) (in Spanish)
- The founding of the city of Castro (Chiloé) (in Spanish)
- Founding of the mint (in Spanish)
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