Amador Báez de Alpoim, General

Amador Báez de Alpoim
Birth name Amador Báez de Alpoim Cabral de Melo
Born Jun 22, 1602
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died 1652
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Allegiance  Spanish Empire
Years of service 1618-1652
Rank General

Amador Báez de Alpoim (1602-1652) was alcalde of colonial Buenos Aires and Lieutenant Governor in Corrientes and Santa Fe.[1]

Biography

In 1629 Alpoim was appointed Alcalde de la hermandad. In 1632 he had received important Indian encomiendas, by the Viceroy of Peru Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera.[2] He had also received a "encomienda" in Ylaty (Corrientes) composed of Guarani Indians.[3] In 1636 he bought in Potosí the title of Alférez real.[4] In 1646 Alpoim is elected as Alcalde of Buenos Aires.[5] In 1647 Alpoim is appointed Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fé. In Corrientes Province, he held the position of Lieutenant Governor in (1630, 1646, 1647-1648).[6]

In 1636 the General Amador Báez de Alpoim, led expeditions against the Indian serranos (inhabitants of sierra de Tandil), who attacked the tribes pampas (inhabited the plain).[7]

Family

Amador was born in Buenos Aires, their parents were Amador Vaz de Alpoim and Margarita Cabral de Melo. His family had arrived in 1599, in the expedition of Diego Rodriguez de Valdéz.[8] His wife Ana Romero de Santa Cruz daughter of Francisco García Romero and niece of Roque González de Santa Cruz.[9] Alpoim and wife had their home on Victoria Street between Balcarce and Defensa.[10] The luxurious house had a Turret overlooking the coast.[11] They had several children, including Juan Báez de Alpoim.[12]

He had five brothers Cristóbal (regidor), Manuel (lieutenant governor), Matías (cleric), Juan (captain), Antonio, and three sisters Isabel, María and Margarita.[13]

Amador Báez de Alpoim by paternal line was descendant of French noblemen, and by maternal of the Kings of Portugal.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Estudios: Revista mensual, Volume 51, 1934
  2. ↑ Publicación, Issue 167, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
  3. ↑ América: Encuentro y Asimilación: Actas, Diputación Provincial de Granada
  4. ↑ Hombres del coloniaje:, Félix de Ugarteche
  5. ↑ El país que se busca a sí mismo: historia social Argentina, by Ruben Franklin Máyer
  6. ↑ Historia Genealógica Argentina, Emecé, Jan 1, 1999 -
  7. ↑ Misiones americanas en los archivos europeos, Issue 7, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
  8. ↑ Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Carlos Calvo
  9. ↑ Los parientes del beato padre Roque González de Santa Cruz, Ricardo de Lafuente Machain
  10. ↑ El primer banquero de Buenos Aires, Raúl A. Molina
  11. ↑ Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas, Volumes 9-10
  12. ↑ Los Vascos en América: Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1580-1713, Fundación Vasco-Argentina Juan de Garay, Departamento Estudios Históricos, Jan 1, 1991
  13. ↑ Revista patriótica del pasado argentino, Volume 1, by Manuel Ricardo Trelles, Pedro de Montenegro
  14. ↑ Juan Baltasar Maziel: el maestro de la generación de mayo, by Juan C. Probst

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