Antón Higueras de Santana

Anton Higueras de Santana (1557–1619) was a Spanish Captain, who served as expeditionary and conquistador. He participated in the second foundation of Buenos Aires, holding honorary positions as mayor and alderman of the Buenos Aires Cabildo.[1]

Captain
Anton Higueras de Santana
Alcalde of Buenos Aires
In office
1592–1593
MonarchPhilip II
Preceded byPedro de Izarra
Succeeded byFrancisco Perez de Burgos
Alcalde of Buenos Aires
In office
1618–1619
MonarchPhilip III
Preceded byCristóbal Naharro
Succeeded byFrancisco García Romero
Personal details
Born1557
Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
Died1619
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Occupationconquistador
politician
ProfessionArmy officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of servicec.1570-c.1619
RankCaptain
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires

Biography

He was born in Salteras, Sevilla, son of Pedro Correa de Santana and Antonia Morena, belonging to an old Andalusian family.[2] He had arrived in the Río de la Plata, in the expedition of Ortiz de Zárate, accompanied by his mother, and his sisters Maria Correa, Catherine Correa, Isabel and Leonor Correa de Santana, according to the shipping records, a nice woman with blond hair and blue eyes.[3] His father Pedro Correa, had died in his hometown.[4]

Santana belonged to the first contingent of founding neighbors of Buenos Aires, who had been arrived with Juan de Garay from Santa Fe.[5] He had served under Garay in military expeditiones against native populations. Towards the year of 1590, he was in charge of a caravan of wagons from the territory of San Miguel de Tucumán and Córdoba to the city of Buenos Aires.[6]

Soon after settling in Buenos Aires, Santana began to hold Council positions in the city, serving as regidor in 1589,[7] and lieutenant governor for 1595.[8] Then he held the position of faithful executor, and served as alcalde of first vote of Buenos Aires in 1592 and 1618.[9]

Like all the founding neighbors, Anton Higueras de Santana had received land grants. He owned a ranch located in the town of Las Conchas (Buenos Aires Province).[10] He had two natural daughters, one of them was Beatriz Morena de Santana (wife of Francisco Rodriguez).[11]

References
  1. La Venta de Cargos y el Ejercicio Del Poder en Indias, Julián Bautista Ruiz Rivera, Ángel Sanz Tapia, 2007, ISBN 9788497733236
  2. La cultura femenina en la época colonial, Guillermo Fúrlong Cárdiff, 1951
  3. La cultura femenina en la época colonial, Guillermo Fúrlong Cárdiff, 1951
  4. Historia, Issues 38–41, Argentina, 1965{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. Portugueses en Buenos Aires: mito y realidad, Academia Nacional de la Historia, 2011, ISBN 9789871288380
  6. "Del país de las vacas gordas" a la "revolución de las cacerolas", Federico V. Caride, 2002
  7. HISLA., Issues 5–8, Centro Latinoamericano de Historia Económica y Social, 1985, 1985
  8. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires: t. 1–18, 1589–1700, Talleres gráficos de la Penitenciaria nacional, 1908, 1908
  9. La pezuña de oro: las pampas de Buenos Aires, las vaquerías y relatos camperos, J.W. Maguire, 1980, 1980
  10. La pequeña aldea: sociedad y economía en Buenos Aires (1580–1640), Rodolfo Eduardo González Lebrero, 15 September 2023, ISBN 9789507863196
  11. Nupcias patricias: descendencia de los fundadores de la ciudad, siglos XVII-XVIII-XIX-XX, Alberto A. Wildner-Fox
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