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    Alonso de Sotomayor y Valmediano (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈlonso ðe sotomaˈʝoɾ]; 1545–1610) was a Spanish conquistador from Extremadura, and a Royal Governor...
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    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE (10 September 1550 – 26 July 1615), was a Spanish aristocrat who was most...
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    Indians in the form of labor. Sotomayor later absolved Gamboa entirely but abolished the Tasa de Gamboa and reinstituted the Tasa de Santillán, with new provisions...
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    Melchor Bravo de Saravia y Sotomayor (1512 – 1577) was a Spanish conquistador, interim viceroy of Peru, and Royal Governor of Chile. He was born in Soria...
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  • Santo Arbol de la Cruz was a fort constructed in 1585 by the Royal Governor of Chile Alonso de Sotomayor. It was located north of the entrance of the Guaqui...
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    in the region of Central America nevertheless were now prepared. Alonso de Sotomayor had been sent by the Viceroy of Peru to prepare defensive measures...
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    then went to Chile, fighting with skill and bravery for Governor Alonso de Sotomayor against the Mapuche. His most famous action was at the siege of Purén...
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  • San Jerónimo de Millapoa was a fort founded by Alonso de Sotomayor in 1585. It dominated the small valleys of the eastern slopes of the Nahuelbuta Range...
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  • San Fabián de Conuco is a fort four kilometers south of the town of Rafael, Chile. It was first established by governor Alonso de Sotomayor in 1584 to...
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    family of the Andalusian region, the best-known of whom, Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commanded the Spanish Armada...
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    1529–1539) Alonso de Ribera (Chile 1599–1617) Alonso de Sotomayor (Chile 1583–1592, Panamá 1592–1604) Martín Ruiz de Gamboa (Chile 1552–1590) Juan Garrido (Multiple...
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  • Ana de Aragón (d. 1528), daughter of Alonso de Aragón, and had issue: Juan Carlos de Guzmán y Aragón (d. 1556), married Leonor de Zúñiga y Sotomayor and...
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    Fernando Alonso Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando aˈlonso ˈði.aθ] ; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver, currently competing in Formula...
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    from Spain in 1590. Alonso de Sotomayor went to Peru on July 30, 1592 to petition the viceroy there for more men leaving Pedro de Viscarra with the title...
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    that took place in 1502, when a Gascon named Gaspar took prisoner Alonso de Sotomayor, a Spanish knight of gigantic stature and endowed with Herculean...
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  • Llifén, who was killed after being tortured by order of Governor Alonso de Sotomayor. She succeeded him as lonco, in command of the struggle against the...
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    with 300 men. Upon his arrival in America, he met with ex-Governor Alonso de Sotomayor, who briefed him on the situation in Chile and the Arauco War. He...
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  • the river from Fort Espíritu Santo by the Royal Governor of Chile Alonso de Sotomayor in 1585. It was abandoned by the same governor in 1591 and destroyed...
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  • that set fires within the town. However the arrival of the governor Alonso de Sotomayor inspired a counterattack by the residents that had fled to the citadel...
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    were many desertions during the journey), but under the command of Alonso de Sotomayor, Gamboa's successor designated by the king. Gamboa was in Chillán...
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    María de Zayas y Sotomayor (before 12 September 1590 – 1661) wrote during Spain's Golden Age of literature. She is considered by a number of modern critics...
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  • Arts and Sciences in Mexico. José Alonso has received two awards out of five nominations. Tajimara (1965) El día de las madres (1969) Trampa para un cadáver...
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    dynasty Chinese forces, who recapture the city a year later. July 30 – Alonso de Sotomayor petitions the viceroy of Peru for more troops to help resist attacks...
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  • confluence with the Tavolevo River. Built in 1585 by the Governor Alonso de Sotomayor for defense of the valley of Catiray and was in correspondence with...
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  • governor Alonso de Sotomayor the Rate of Gamboa was abolished in 1587, and Sotomayor returned to a labor service system similar to that of the Tasa de Santillán...
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    The population of old Araucan was moved in 1590 by Governor Don Alonso de Sotomayor to the seacoast, four kilometers to southwest of the mouth of the...
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    to Alonso Fernández de Vargas. The title makes reference to Higuera de Vargas, a town in Badajoz. Alonso Fernández de Vargas, 1st Lord of Higuera de Vargas...
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    Alfonso (or Alonso) de Aragon y Escobar (1417–1495), Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, was...
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  • the fort of Santísima Trinidad on the opposite shore. The governor Alonso de Sotomayor, evacuated Trinidad in 1591. While he was toqui in the south near...
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    1558. Guanoalca captured and burned it in 1586. Rebuilt by Governor Alonso de Sotomayor in 1589, it received some improvements but it was always harassed...
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