Amador Báez de Alpoim, General

Amador Báez de Alpoim
Alcalde of Buenos Aires
Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fe
Lieutenant Governor of Corrientes.[1]
Monarch Philip IV
Personal details
Born Amador Báez de Alpoim y Cabral de Melo
1602
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died 1652
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) Ana Romero de Santa Cruz
Occupation Government
Profession Army's officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Spanish Empire
Service/branch Spanish Army
Years of service 1618-1652
Rank General

Amador Báez de Alpoim (1602-1652) was a Spanish army officer and politician.[2] He served during the Viceroyalty of Peru as alcalde of Buenos Aires and Lieutenant Governor of Corrientes and Santa Fe (Argentina).[3]

Biography

Amador was born in Buenos Aires, son of Amador Vaz de Alpoim and Margarita Cabral de Melo, belonging to a family of Portuguese nobility established in the city. His parents had arrived in the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Diego Rodriguez de Valdés from Rio de Janeiro, where they had lived for some time.[4] He probably did his studies in El Colegio de los Jesuítas, located in front of the Fort of Buenos Aires.[5]

In 1629 Alpoim was appointed Alcalde de la hermandad, performing in the suburban areas of the province of Buenos Aires.[6] In 1632 he had received important Indians encomiendas, by the Viceroy of Peru Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera.[7] He had also received a "encomienda" in Ylaty (Corrientes) composed of Guarani Indians.[8]

In 1636 Alpoin bought in Potosí the title of Alférez Real,[9] an honorary position in which the alferez carried the Royal Standard in the days of festival and in the official ceremonies, especially in the day of Saint Martin of Tours.[10]

In 1646, Alpoim is elected as Alcalde of Buenos Aires.[11] And in 1647, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fé, later he served in Corrientes Province, where held the position of Lieutenant Governor in 1630, 1646 and 1647-1648.[12]

In 1636 the General Amador Báez de Alpoim, led expeditions against the tribes of Serranos (inhabitants of sierra de Tandil), who had attacked the tribes Pampas (inhabited the plain).[13]

Family

Amador Báez de Alpoim was married to Ana Romero de Santa Cruz, daughter of Francisco García Romero and Mariana González de Santa Cruz, born in Asunción (Paraguay). He and his wife were the parents of several children, including Juan Báez de Alpoim,[14] baptized on July 23, 1645 in Buenos Aires.[15]

Alpoim family had their home on Victoria Street between Balcarce and Defensa (present).[16] The luxurious house had a Turret overlooking the coast.[17]

He had five brothers Cristóbal (regidor), Manuel (lieutenant governor), Matías (cleric), Juan (captain), Antonio, and three sisters Isabel, María and Margarita.[18]

Amador Báez de Alpoim by paternal line was descendant of French noblemen, and by maternal of the Kings of Portugal.[19] His wife was niece of Roque González de Santa Cruz, who was proclaimed saint by Pope John Paul II in 1988.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Actas capitulares de Corrientes: 1647 a 1658, Hernán Félix Gómez
  2. ↑ Contribución a la Historia de Colonia Del Sacramento:, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil
  3. ↑ Estudios: Revista mensual, Volume 51, 1934
  4. ↑ Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Carlos Calvo
  5. ↑ Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  6. ↑ El partido de Vicente López, en el pago del Monte Grande, Fundación Banco de Boston
  7. ↑ Publicación, Issue 167, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
  8. ↑ América: Encuentro y Asimilación: Actas, Diputación Provincial de Granada
  9. ↑ Hombres del coloniaje:, Félix de Ugarteche
  10. ↑ San Martin de Tours, Argentina
  11. ↑ El país que se busca a sí mismo: historia social Argentina, by Ruben Franklin Máyer
  12. ↑ Historia Genealógica Argentina, Emecé, Jan 1, 1999 -
  13. ↑ Misiones americanas en los archivos europeos, Issue 7, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
  14. ↑ Los Vascos en América: Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1580-1713, Fundación Vasco-Argentina Juan de Garay, Departamento Estudios Históricos, Jan 1, 1991
  15. ↑ Bautismos 1635-1636, 1640s, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  16. ↑ El primer banquero de Buenos Aires, Raúl A. Molina
  17. ↑ Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas, Volumes 9-10
  18. ↑ Revista patriótica del pasado argentino, Volume 1, by Manuel Ricardo Trelles, Pedro de Montenegro
  19. ↑ Juan Baltasar Maziel: el maestro de la generación de mayo, by Juan C. Probst
  20. ↑ Los parientes del beato padre Roque González de Santa Cruz, Ricardo de Lafuente Machain
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