Pedro de Aranda Avellaneda (1662 – 1702) was a Spanish military officer who served as acting governor of Spanish Florida between April and August 1687. He was also a Sargento mayor (Sergeant major) of the presidio of San Agustín, and alcayde of the San Salvador de la Punta Fortress in Havana, Cuba.
Pedro de Aranda Avellaneda | |
|---|---|
| 29th Governor of La Florida | |
| In office April 11, 1687 – August 20, 1687 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Márquez Cabrera |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Quiroga y Losada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1662 Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain) |
| Died | June 21, 1702 Havana, Cuba |
| Spouse | Josefa de Estrada y Velázquez de Cuéllar |
| Profession | Military officer, Alcayde of the fortress of San Salvador de la Punta in Havana, and Governor of Florida (1687) |
Biography
editPedro de Aranda Avellaneda was born in 1662, in Cádiz, Spain, to Juan Almario Avellaneda, and María de Aranda y Ponce de León, both also born in Cadiz.[1] He joined the Spanish army in his youth, and was eventually appointed Sargento mayor (Sergeant major) of the presidio of Saint Augustine in La Florida.[2] On April 11, 1687, he was appointed acting governor of Florida, and remained in this office until August 20 of the same year.[3] He was later appointed alcayde of the Castillo San Salvador de la Punta fortress in Havana, Cuba.[2]
On March 24, 1680, Avellaneda married Josefa de Estrada y Velázquez de Cuéllar, the daughter of Capt. Hilario de Estrada y Recio, Procurador general (Attorney general), and Regidor perpetuo del Ayuntamiento (Regidor) of Havana, and his wife Luisa Velázquez de Cuéllar y Mexías. They had 2 children, Antonia and Hilario de Aranda Avellaneda y Estrada. Avellaneda testified before Juan Uribe Ozeta, Escribano Público (Notary Public) of Havana on November 18, 1699.[4]
Pedro de Aranda y Avellaneda died on June 21, 1702. His remains are in the Cathedral of Havana.[2]
References
edit- ^ F. Martín. "Tabla de parentescos de don Fernando de Castilla, Regidor de La Palma (S. XVI) (Pedigree Chart for Pedro de Aranda Avellaneda)". Castilla.maxerco.es (in Spanish). Maxerco. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz y Mallén (1944). Historia de familias cubanas. Editorial Hércules. p. 116. ISBN 9780897293792.
- ^ John Worth. "The Governors of Colonial Florida, 1565-1821". Spanish Florida: Governors. University of West Florida. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ Guillermo Lohman Villena (1993). Los americanos en las órdenes nobiliarias (in Spanish). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 299. ISBN 84-00-07349-5.