Manuel de Sandoval

Manuel de Sandoval
15ºGovernor of Coahuila
In office 1729 – 1733
Preceded by	Blas de la Garza Falcón
Succeeded by	Blas de la Garza Falcón
14ºGovernor of the Spanish Colony of Texas
In office 1734 – 1736
Preceded by	Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos
Succeeded by	Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo
Personal details
Born	unknown Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Died	unknown Mexico city, Mexico
Profession	Political and soldadier

Manuel de Sandoval (?-?) was a prominent military and the governor of Coahuila (1729–1733 ) and Texas (1734–1736)

Biography

Manuel de Sandoval was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico to end XVIIth century, but as with other Spanish governor of Texas the exact date of his birth is unknown. In 1707, he joined the army of Santa Fe. Its military capabilities helped him progress from cadet to Captain of grenadiers of the regiment of Santa Fe. Sandoval participated in the army twenty years, until in 1729 the king appointed him governor of Coahuila, in Mexico today. He left the government of that city in 1733. Later, in early 1734, he was appointed governor of Texas. Sandoval lived most of his time as governor of Texas in San Fernando de Bexar, although Los Adaes was the state capital and San Fernando suffered constant attacks by the Apaches. In 1735, the French commander Louis Juchereau de St. Denis took the absence of Sandoval in Los Adaes to move the strong French Natchiloches to west of Red River,starting a French colonization in the region. Protests of Sandoval and Jose Gonzales, his deputy in Adaes, made against the French strong were to no avail. Because the French invasion, and therefore, to his failure of political management in the state, the Viceroy, Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta, decided that the best option would be to remove to Sandoval in his political office of Texas and replaced by Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo in September 1736. After Lugo Franquis came into power, he ordered the arrest of Sandoval and accused him of seven counts of official misconduct. In 1737 the Viceroy called the two governors and ordered them to carry out an official accounting of their administrations. Although of they achieved the elimination of the charges against, Sandoval had to pay a $ 500 fine for not having lived in Los Adaes when he was governor of Texas and by not have book keeping. He spent several years in prison and in 1741 he was released from prison, declaring also able to continue to provide military and political services to the king. He settled in Mexico City, where he worked in professional the Sergeant Major of Urban Regimental of Commerce until his death.^[1]

The Sandoval case

The research conducted on the Sandoval case was extensive and covered some thirty volumes, which were added additional forty volumes that collected many of the above events occurred in Texas. This material was important when, in the early nineteenth century, were carried out negotiations between Spain, France and the United States on the eastern border of Texas.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Robert Bruce Blake (November 26, 2008). "Handbook of Texas Online:Handbook of Texas Online - SANDOVAL, MANUEL DE.". Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/fsa24.html.. Retrieved October 17, 2010 at 19:10 pm. 

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Name	Sandoval, Manuel De
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Date of birth
Place of birth	Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Date of death
Place of death	Mexico city, Mexico