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Domingo Ortiz de Rozas (1721-1785) was a Spanish nobleman, served as Official in the Royal Army of The King of Spain.
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Born Aug 9, 1721 in Sevilla, Spain, was the son of Bartolomé Ortiz de Rozas García de Villasuso and María Antonia Rodillo de Brizuela. In 1730 he was Cadet in Spanish Royal Corps of the Guards Infantry. In 1742 Ortiz de Rozas arrived at the port of Buenos Aires accompanying his uncle the future Governor of the Río de la Plata Don Domingo Ortiz de Rozas.
Domingo Ortiz de Rozas Rodillo married in twice time, first with Catalina de La Cuadra Fernández Ponce de León to whom he had his only son León Ortiz de Rozas. After widowed his first wife he married May 11, 1745 in Buenos Aires to Gregoria Antonia de Gogenola de la Cuadra.
Domingo Ortiz de Rozas Rodillo was the paternal grandfather of Juan Manuel de Rosas.