Luis de Horruytiner
Luis de Horruytiner | |
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Nicolás Ponce de León and Eugenio de Espinosa | |
Succeeded by | Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo |
Personal details | |
Born | Zaragoza, Spain |
Died | Unknown |
Profession | Rancher and administrator (Governor of La Florida and Viceroy of Sardinia) |
Luis Benedit y Horruytiner (? – ?) was a Spanish colonial administrator who held office as governor of Spanish Florida (July 29, 1633 – November 26, 1638), and viceroy of Sardinia. He was the uncle of Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, who succeeded him as governor of La Florida.
Biography
Luis de Horruytiner was born in
In 1630, Horruytiner was appointed alcaide, or commander, of the
In autumn of 1633, Hurruytiner and Friar Lorenzo Martinez agreed to send to Florida two Franciscan friars who knew the Indian language and would work to convert the indigenous population of Apalachee to Catholicism.
The native village that preceded the mission settlement of San Luis as capital of the Apalachee was called Anhaica Apalache, a name mentioned in the chronicles of the Hernando de Soto expedition. Mission San Luis was likely named in honor of Luis Horruytiner.[7] Hurruytiner sent ships from St. Augustine to find a port on the Gulf coast of Florida to replace the long and difficult land route supplying the mission; the expedition found a suitable port at the mouth of the St. Marks River.[8]
Hurruytiner dispatched sergeant major Antonio de Herrera López y Mesa to the western mission provinces to negotiate a peace with the leaders of the warring parties: the unchristianized
Luis de Horruytiner finished his term as governor of Florida on November 26, 1638, and was succeeded by Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo.[4] After leaving his political position in Florida, Hurruytiner was appointed Viceroy of Sardinia, at the time a Spanish possession.[10]
References
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- ^ a b John Worth (2017). "The Governors of Colonial Florida, 1565-1821". uwf.edu. University of West Florida. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
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- ^ Bonnie G. McEwan (2002). "San Luis de Talimali: Documentation for San Luis de Apalache, designated a National Historic Landmark on October 9, 1960" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. p. 4.
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