Francisco de Meneses Brito

Royal Governor of Chile

Francisco de Meneses Brito
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Born1615
Cádiz, Spain
Died29 December 1672
Lima, Peru
OccupationGovernment

Francisco de Meneses Brito (died 1672) was Royal Governor of Chile between 1664 and 1667.

Biography

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

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