Francisco García Romero
Spanish colonial governor
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| Intro | Spanish colonial governor | |
| Places | Spain | |
| was | Civil servant Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1559, Cáceres, Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain | |
| Death | 1630Buenos Aires, Argentina (aged 71 years) |
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Francisco García Romero (1559–1630s) was a Spanish military man and conquistador.
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Francisco was born in 1559 in Cáceres, Spain, son of Francisco García Moroto and Inés Martin. He arrived in the Rio de la Plata in 1603, occupying distinguished political positions in the city, where served as alcalde, fiel ejecutor, attorney general and deputy of the Cabildo of Buenos Aires.
Francisco García Romero married in Asunción to Mariana González de Santa Cruz, daughter of Bartolomé González de Villaverde and María Santa Cruz, belonging to a distinguished family of conquerors.