Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor explained

Honorific-Prefix:Don
Cristóbal de la Cerda
Order:Royal Governor of Chile
Term Start:December 1620
Term End:November 1621
Primeminister:Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda
Predecessor:Lope de Ulloa
Successor:Pedro Osores
Birth Date:1585
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Spouse:Sebastiana de Avendaño
Profession:Lawyer

Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor, (México 1585? – † ?); Spanish oidor, lawyer of the Real Audiencia of Chile. After the death of governor Lope de Ulloa y Lemos he assumed the temporary governance of Chile for eleven months, between December 1620 and November 1621.

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