- Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista
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Mateo de Toro Zambrano
Conde de la Conquista
Caballero de SantiagoRoyal Governor of Chile In office
July 16, 1810 – September 18, 1810Monarch Ferdinand VII Preceded by Francisco García Carrasco Succeeded by Mariano Osorio Personal details Born 20 September 1727
Santiago, ChileDied 26 February 1811 (aged 83)
Santiago, ChileSpouse(s) María Nicolasa de Valdés Children José María, Gregorio José, María Josefa ,José Joaquín ,Domingo José ,María Mercedes ,Mariana , María Ines,María de los Dolores , María del Rosario Josefa Profession Field Marshal Religion Catholic Field Marshal Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista (Spanish: Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, primer Conde de la Conquista) (September 20, 1727 - February 26, 1811), frequently misnamed Mateo de Toro y Zambrano in many Chilean history publications, was Viscount of La Descubierta and later Count of La Conquista (1771). He was a Chilean creole and had a career as a soldier under the Spanish Empire after he amassed a fortune in commerce.
In 1810, as the most senior military figure in the Captaincy General of Chile, as well as its Royal Governor, he called a meeting of leading citizens on September 18, 1810. This group would subsequently elect the governing junta similar to those appearing throughout the rebelling Spanish colonies, an action which is generally seen as the first step in Chilean independence process. He was voted the President of this First Government Junta, but his death a year later (he was already 83 years old) precluded him from taking a larger role in the independence of Chile. He died in Santiago de Chile on February 26, 1811.
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Sources
- Medina, José Toribio (1906) (in Spanish). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. p. 869–870. http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0008968.pdf
- Pilleux Cepeda, Mauricio. "Recopilación de Genealogia Chilena" (in Spanish). http://www.genealog.cl/Apellidos/Toro/#ToroZambranoUreta,Mateo. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
Government offices Preceded by
Francisco García CarrascoRoyal Governor of Chile
1810Succeeded by
Mariano OsorioMilitary offices Preceded by
Francisco García CarrascoCaptain General of Chile
1810Succeeded by
Antonio ParejaPolitical offices New title President of
Government Junta
1810-1811Succeeded by
Juan Martinez de RozasSpanish nobility New title Count of la Conquista
1770-1811Succeeded by
Gregorio José de ToroCategories:- 1727 births
- 1811 deaths
- People from Santiago
- Chilean people of Basque descent
- Royal Governors of Chile
- Heads of state of Chile
- Spanish nobility
- Counts of la Conquista
- Knights of Santiago
- Spanish generals
- People of the Chilean War of Independence
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