Amador Báez de Alpoim, General

Amador Báez de Alpoim (1602-1652) was a Spanish army officer and politician,[1] who served during the Viceroyalty of Peru as alcalde of Buenos Aires and Lieutenant Governor of Corrientes and Santa Fe (Argentina).[2]

General

Amador Báez de Alpoim
Lieutenant Governor of Corrientes
In office
(1636)
(1640)
(1647-1648)
Preceded byJuan de Avedaño
Succeeded byJuan de Vargas Machuca
Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fe
In office
1641–1641
Preceded byBernabé de Garay
Succeeded byDiego de las Casas
Alcalde de la Hermandad of Buenos Aires
In office
1629–1630
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born
Amador Báez de Alpoim y Cabral de Melo

1602
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died1652
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Spouse(s)Ana Romero de Santa Cruz
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1618-1652
RankGeneral
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires

Biography

He was born in Buenos Aires, son of Amador Vaz de Alpoim and Margarita Cabral de Melo, belonging to a family of Portuguese nobility established in the city. His parents had arrived in the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Diego Rodriguez de Valdés from Rio de Janeiro, where they had lived for some time.[3]

He probably did his studies in El Colegio de los Jesuítas, located in front of the Fort of Buenos Aires.[4]

Amador Báez de Alpoim held some high positions of government during the colonial period of Argentina. In 1629, he was appointed Alcalde de la hermandad, performing in the suburban areas of the province of Buenos Aires.[5] In 1636 Alpoin bought in Potosí the title of Alférez Real,[6] an honorary position in which the alferez carried the Royal Standard in the days of festival and in the official ceremonies, especially in the day of Saint Martin of Tours.[7]

He had an active participation in the area of the Argentine Littoral. He was appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fé in 1640, and also he served for several periods in Corrientes Province.[8]

In 1636 the General Amador Báez de Alpoim, led expeditions against the tribes of Serranos (inhabitants of sierra de Tandil), who had attacked the tribes Pampas (inhabited the plain).[9]

He also devoted himself to commerce, the agriculture and livestock (Cimarron Cattle). In 1632 he had received important Indians encomiendas, by the Viceroy of Peru Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera.[10] He had also received a "encomienda" in Ylaty (Corrientes) composed of Guarani Indians.[11]

Family

Amador Báez de Alpoim was married to Ana Romero de Santa Cruz, daughter of Francisco García Romero and Mariana González de Santa Cruz, born in Asunción (Paraguay). He and his wife were the parents of several children, including Juan Báez de Alpoim,[12] baptized on July 23, 1645 in Buenos Aires.[13]

The luxurious house where the Cabral de Melo Alpoim family lived had among other luxuries a Turret overlooking the coast of the Río de la Plata.[14] It was located at the current intersections of Hipólito Yrigoyen between Balcarce and Defensa.[15]

He had five brothers, Cristóbal Cabral de Melo (regidor), Manuel Cabral de Alpoim (lieutenant governor), Matías Cabral de Melo (cleric), Juan (captain), Antonio, and three sisters Isabel, María and Margarita.[16]

Amador Báez de Alpoim was a descendant by direct paternal line of medieval knights of French origin, and through his mother descendant of Afonso III of Portugal.[17] His wife was niece of Roque González de Santa Cruz, who was proclaimed saint by Pope John Paul II in 1988.[18]

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References
  1. Contribución a la Historia de Colonia Del Sacramento:, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil
  2. Estudios: Revista mensual, Volume 51, 1934
  3. Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Carlos Calvo
  4. Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  5. El partido de Vicente López, en el pago del Monte Grande, Fundación Banco de Boston
  6. Hombres del coloniaje:, Félix de Ugarteche
  7. San Martin de Tours, Argentina
  8. Historia Genealógica Argentina, Emecé, Jan 1, 1999 -
  9. Misiones americanas en los archivos europeos, Issue 7, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
  10. Publicación, Issue 167, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
  11. América: Encuentro y Asimilación: Actas, Diputación Provincial de Granada
  12. Los Vascos en América: Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1580-1713, Fundación Vasco-Argentina Juan de Garay, Departamento Estudios Históricos, Jan 1, 1991
  13. Bautismos 1635-1636, 1640s, Nuestra Señora de La Merced
  14. Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas, Volumes 9-10
  15. El primer banquero de Buenos Aires, Raúl A. Molina
  16. Revista patriótica del pasado argentino, Volume 1, by Manuel Ricardo Trelles, Pedro de Montenegro
  17. Juan Baltasar Maziel: el maestro de la generación de mayo, by Juan C. Probst
  18. Los parientes del beato padre Roque González de Santa Cruz, Ricardo de Lafuente Machain
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