Juan Báez de Alpoim

Juan Báez de Alpoim
Alcalde of 2nd vote of Buenos Aires
In office
1667–1668
Monarch Charles II
Preceded by Ignacio Fernández de Agüero
Succeeded by Félix Astudillo.[1]
Personal details
Born 1643
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died 1717
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Spanish
Spouse(s) Ana Hurtado de Mendoza
Sabina Jacinta de Lavayén
Occupation Politician
Profession Army's officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Spain
Service/branch Spanish Army
Rank Sergeant major

Juan Báez de Alpoim (1643–1716) was a Spanish army officer and politician. He holds various government positions during the Viceroyalty of Peru, serving as alcalde and regidor of Buenos Aires.[2]

Biography

Juan was born in Buenos Aires, christened on July 23, 1643 in the Metropolitan Cathedral, their parents were Amador Báez de Alpoim and Ana Romero de Santa Cruz, belonging to one of the most prestigious families of the city.[3] He was married twice, first to Ana Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza and Juana Olguín de Ulloa Melo. And second with Sabina Jacinta de Lavayén, daughter of Agustín de Lavayén Hormaechea, born in San Sebastián and Juana de Tapia Vargas Cervantes Rangel, born in the city and daughter of a Spanish family.[4]

His first wife was a descendant of Pedro Álvarez Holguín de Ulloa and Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, conquerors of Spanish and Portuguese origin.[5]

In 1667 Alpoim was elected alcalde of second vote. In the following year he was appointed prosecutor of Buenos Aires.[6] He also served as Captain of militias of Buenos Aires Province.[7] And obtained the honorific post of Alférez real of the city.[8]

In 1700 Juan Báez de Alpoim was appointed by the Governor of Buenos Aires Don Agustín de Robles, to occupy the position of Captain of the Cavalry of the Real Fortaleza de San Juan Baltasar de Austria,[9] in replacement of Miguel de Riglos Bástida. In 1702 by a Royal Provision issued in Barcelona on April 22 of that year, Alpoin was granted the title of Captain of the Caballería of the Fort of Buenos Aires.[10] That same year he was replaced by the Captain Manuel del Barranco y Zapiain.[11]

Juan Báez de Alpoim was a powerful landowner, his farm had more than a thousand head of cattle.[12] In 1701 the City Council authorized him to make the supply of meat in the city of Buenos Aires.[13]

Through his paternal grandmother Margarita Cabral de Melo, he was descendant of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro,[14] great-granddaughter of Fernán Gutiérrez de Castro and Mélia Iñiguez de Mendoza.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Registro estadístico de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Parts 1-2, Buenos Aires Province
  2. ↑ De prácticas, comportamientos y formas de representación social en Buenos Aires, by Hilda Raquel Zapico
  3. ↑ Bautismos 1635-1636, 1640s, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  4. ↑ Boletín del Centro de Estudios Genealógicos de Córdoba, El Centro, 1987
  5. ↑ Nupcias patricias: descendencia de los fundadores de la ciudad, siglos XVII-XVIII-XIX-XX, Alberto A. Wildner-Fox
  6. ↑ Los Vascos en América: Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1580–1713, Fundación Vasco-Argentina Juan de Garay, Departamento Estudios Históricos, January 1, 1991
  7. ↑ Misiones Argentinas en los Archivos Europeos. Raúl A. Molina.
  8. ↑ Génesis de Buenos Aires (yo soy de Buenos Aires):. Alberto Wildner-Fox.
  9. ↑ Pleitos del Consejo (Alpoin), Archivo General de Indias
  10. ↑ Real Provisión a don Juan Váez de Alpóin, Archivo General de Simancas
  11. ↑ Historia de la provincia de Buenos Aires y formación de sus pueblos, Volume 1, Ricardo Levene
  12. ↑ Historia de la ciudad de Buenos Aires...: 1536–1718. Rómulo Zabala, Enrique de Gandía.
  13. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires (1701-1707) (PDF). Archivo General de la Nación.
  14. ↑ Historia Genealógica Argentina. Narciso Binayán.
  15. ↑ sociedad castellana en la baja Edad Media. Salvador de Moxó, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departmento de Historia de la Edad Media.
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