Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista

Don Mateo de Toro Zambrano Conde de la Conquista Caballero de Santiago
Royal Governor of Chile
In office July 16, 1810 – September 18, 1810
Monarch	Ferdinand VII
Preceded by	Francisco García Carrasco
Succeeded by	Mariano Osorio
Personal details
Born	20 September 1727(1727-09-20) Santiago, Chile
Died	26 February 1811(1811-02-26) (aged 83) Santiago, Chile
Spouse(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.

Additional information

See also

• Count of la Conquista

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 Carrasco	Royal Governor of Chile 1810	Succeeded by Mariano Osorio
Military offices
Preceded by Francisco García Carrasco	Captain General of Chile 1810	Succeeded by Antonio Pareja
Political offices
New title	President of Government Junta 1810-1811	Succeeded by Juan Martinez de Rozas
Spanish nobility
New title	Count of la Conquista 1770-1811	Succeeded by Gregorio José de Toro

Persondata
Name	Toro Zambrano, Mateo
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 20, 1727
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Date of death	February 26, 1811
Place of death	Santiago, Chile