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Francisco de Meneses Brito

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Francisco de Meneses Brito
Personal details
Born1615
Cádiz, Spain
Died29 December 1672(1672-12-29) (aged 56–57)
Lima, Peru
OccupationGovernment

Francisco de Meneses Brito (1615 – 29 December 1672) was Royal Governor of Chile between 1664 and 1667.

Biography

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Born in Cádiz in 1615, was the son of Alonso de Meneses and Catalina Corbalán de Castilla. His wife was Catalina Bravo, daughter of Francisco Bravo de Saravia Ovalle (1st Marquess of la Pica) and Marcela Henestrosa Sáenz de Mena.

Sources

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  • Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. pp. 529–531.
Government offices
Preceded by Royal Governor of Chile
1664–1667
Succeeded by