Sabiniano Manrique de Lara (baptized 17 May 1606 – 16 November 1679)Salazar, Historia genealogica de Lara, Vol.2, cap.VII, p.776 and 780 was the Spanish

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from 1653 to 1663, the third longest-serving governor-general after Rafael María de Aguilar (governed 1793–1806), and Fausto Cruzat y Góngora (governed 1690–1701).

Biography

He succeeded Spanish

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Islands Diego Fajardo Chacon y Entenza, who served from 11 August 1644 to 25 July 1653. He was a

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brother of the Juan Fajardo de Guevara, 1st Marquis of Espinardo, a title awarded by King

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in 1626, the purchaser of former

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populated lands, and may have been connected with the "Fajardo Chacón" Royal Accountants family, from the

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and Almeria lands, who obtained earlier the title of Marquis of los Marquis of Los VélezVélez, a title awarded by Queen Joan I of Castile "the Mad", in 1507. The attacks on

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in April 1662 of the

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ese –

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seafarer

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, a.k.a. Koseng, who drove the

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from

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Island, prompted him to secure help from the Spanish soldiers settled at Zamboanga, 6° 54' 0″ N, 122° 4' 0″ E, a.k.a. Bagumbayan,

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Island, since April 1635 to counteract

previsible military actions in

. The Jesuit father Francisco Xavier Baranera records, however,

's death on 23 July 1662. On 8 September 1663, Manrique de Lara was replaced by

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, who was chosen by the king on 2 December 1661, but effective 8 September 1663 – 28 September 1668. After his residencia, he returned to Malaga and became a priest.

References

Literature

*Luis de Salazar : "Historia genealógica de la Casa de Lara", (1697), vol 2, pag. 872: (see
Salazar, Historia de la Casa Lara – Modern reprints of this monumental work can be found sometimes at the Spanish Government Public Libraries also.) *Compendio de La Historia de Filipinas Por El P. Francisco X. Baranera de La ... Author: Baranera, Francisco Xavier, Publisher: BIBLIOBAZAAR. Language: English, (????), , August 2008 – 148 Pages Paperback. Found searching IT second hand bookshops. *"Compendio de la historia de Filipinas" por el P. Francisco X. Baranera de la Compañia de Jesus ... Obra de texto para la 2.a enseñanza, Manila, 1884, 131 pp. in Spanish. The Philippines were under Spanish Administration over three centuries, till 1898, whereby Cuba
, Puerto Rico and Philippines passed to U.S.A. Military Administration. Cuba, some 111,000 km²., became fully independent on 20 May 1902. * Template:Governor-General of the Philippines {{DEFAULTSORT:Manrique de Lara, Sabiniano 17th-century Spanish people Captains general of the Philippines 1606 births 1679 deaths