Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor, (México 1585? – † ? ); Spanish oidor, lawyer of the Real Audiencia of Chile. After the death of governor Lope de Ulloa y Lemos he assumed the temporary governance of Chile for eleven months, between December 1620 and November 1621.
Cristóbal de la Cerda | |
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| Royal Governor of Chile | |
| In office December 1620 – November 1621 | |
| Monarch | Philip III |
| Prime Minister | Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda |
| Preceded by | Lope de Ulloa |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Osores |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1585 Mexico city, Mexico |
| Spouse | Sebastiana de Avendaño |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sources edit
- Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. pp. 197–203.
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