Alfonso Rodríguez (captain)

Alfonso Rodríguez was a Spanish mariner and merchant, who was colonizer in the cities of Río de Janeiro and Buenos Aires in the 1620s.[1] He served as a captain of commercial ships, having an active participation in the commerce of Río de la Plata towards the middle of the 17th century.[2]

Capitán
Alfonso Rodríguez
Personal details
Born
Alfonso del Trovo Rodríguez y Vasanta

c. 1605
Galicia, Spain
Diedc. 1680
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
SpouseAna Gil Martínez
ChildrenEscolástica Rodríguez
Leocadia Rodríguez
Ana Rodríguez
RelativesAlejo de Esparza
(son-in-law)
Occupationarmy
merchant
Professionmilitary man
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Branch/serviceSpanish Navy
Years of servicec. 1620 – c. 1680
RankCaptain
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires

He was born in Galicia, Spain, son of Juan de Trovo Rodríguez and Inés de Vasanta.[3] He arrived in the Río de la Plata in the early 1600s from Rio de Janeiro, where he had lived a few years. Installed in Buenos Aires he participated in the economic activities of Río de la Plata as a naval merchant.[4]

He was married in Buenos Aires, to Ana de la Trinidad Martínez,[5] daughter of Juan Gil de Freytas and María Martínez,[6] possibly belonging to families established in the City during the second foundation of Buenos Aires by Juan de Garay.[7] His wife's family was linked to Manuel de Frías, a distinguished military man born in Asunción, who held various political posts in the Río de la Plata, including that of lieutenant governor of Buenos Aires.[8]

His wife Ana de la Trinidad Martínez y Gil de Freytas was the direct maternal ancestor (mitochondrial line) of distinguished Argentine politicians and military, including Juan Lucio Somoza, Sinforoso Amoedo, Juan Manuel Bayá, Apolinario Linera, Juan José Canaveris and Miguel Gerónimo de Esparza y Rodríguez.[9] She was possibly the granddaughter of Francisco Martínez and Juana Luys de Luque,[10] granddaughter of Magdalena Elvira Hernández de los Reyes, a Spanish woman, married in Asunción to the Conquistador Benito Luys de Figueroa, born in Porto.[11]

References
  1. Seixas, Xosé Manoel Núñez (2001). La Galicia austral: la inmigraciуn gallega en la Argentina - Google Books. ISBN 9789507862830. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  2. Estudios genealógicos, heráldicos y nobiliarios en honor de Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. Instituto Luis de Salazar y Castro. 1978. ISBN 9788400037796.
  3. Historia, Números 3-5. 1956.
  4. Historia, Issues 3-5. Argentina. 1956.
  5. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas - Google Books. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  6. Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, Talleres gráficos de S. de Amorrot, 1943
  7. Matrimonios, bautismos y defunciones de la Catedral de Buenos Aires, 1601-1644. Raúl A. Molina. 2002. ISBN 9789872039301.
  8. Historia social de Paraguay, 1600-1650. Jose Luis Mora Merida, José Luis Mora Mérida, Luis Navarro García. 1973. ISBN 9788400039080.
  9. Genealogía, Número 13, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas., 1961
  10. Matrimonios, bautismos y defunciones de la Catedral de Buenos Aires, 1601-1644, Raúl A. Molina, 2002, ISBN 9789872039301
  11. Historia, Números 38-41, Argentina, 1965


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