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Diego de Egües y Beaumont (Sevilla, c. 1612 – Bogotá, December 25, 1664), was a Spanish soldier, noble and colonial governor. He is famous for his command of Spanish forces in the naval action of the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife He was the eldest son of Martín de Egües, judge of the Casa de Contratación de Indias and later the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, and Juana Verdugo de la Cueva (or Anne).〔Juan Flores de Ocáriz detalla su ascendencia en (Genealogías del Nuevo Reino de Granada ) (1674), ch. LXXXII.〕 == Early Life and career == His family being politically connected, in his childhood he was a page of Philip III of Spain. He accompanied his father to the Viceroyalty of Peru when he was appointed president of the Royal Audience of Charcas. After the death of his father, he was appointed Mayor of Oropeza and the valley of Cochabamba. Once his term of office expired, Egües served as an infantry captain and saw his first action against the United Provinces of the Netherlands in the defense of the port at El Callao. In 1643 he began his journey back to Spain, which was interrupted by serious injuries received by Egües in a duel fought in the Captaincy General of Cuba against the governor of Santiago de Cuba, Bartolome de Osuna.〔Jacobo de la Pezuela: (Historia de la isla de Cuba ), vol. 2, pg. 102.〕 He was later a captain in the Carrera de Indias, General Fleet Admiral of the Fleet of New Spain, governor of the Spanish Armada, and Chief of the Council and Treasury Accounting. He was also a Knight of the Order of Santiago.〔Cesáreo Fernández Duro: (Bosquejo biográfico del almirante D. Diego de Egües y Beaumont ) (1892).〕 In 1661 he became president of the Royal Audiencia of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, taking office in February of the following year. While in office, he encouraged the creation of Catholic missions among the indigenous paeces Indians and the tribes of the plains in the province of Pamplona in present day Colombia. In 1663, Charguaje and Tama Indians attacked Mocoa and "shattered all the crosses that they found". In Santafé, with the help of the syndic Francisco de Caldas Barboza,〔José Antonio de Plaza: (Memorias para la historia de la Nueva Granada ), pgs. 254–255.〕 he opened the first public slaughterhouse, finished the building of the tower and the porch at the Catedral Primada de Colombia and built bridges over the rivers San Agustín, San Francisco and Funza.〔Pedro Mª Ibáñez: (Crónicas de Bogotá ) (1891), tomo I, ch. XIII.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diego de Egües y Beaumont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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