Domingo Ortiz de Rosas, 1st Marquis of Poblaciones explained

Domingo Ortiz de Rozas
Order:Governor of
Office:Buenos Aires
Term Start:1741
Term End:1742
Predecessor:Miguel de Salcedo
Successor:José de Andonaegui
Birth Date:1683
Birth Place:Soba, Cantabria, Spain
Death Date:1756
Death Place:Drake Passage, Spanish Empire
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:politician
Profession:Army officer
Branch:Spanish Army
Serviceyears:c.1705–1756
Rank:General
Battles:War of the Spanish Succession

Domingo Ortiz de Rosas y García de Villasuso, 1st Marquis of Poblaciones (Spanish; Castilian: Domingo Ortiz de Rosas y García de Villasuso, primer Marqués de Poblaciones) (1683–1756) was a Spanish soldier who served as governor of Chile.

As Governor of Chile

Ortiz de Rosas was Governor from 1746 to 1755, during which time he moved the city of Concepción from its old location (today's city of Penco) to its current place. In addition, he founded a number of cities:

Other notable acts undertaken during his government were the creation, on March 11, 1747, of the first University in the colonial territory of Chile: the Royal University of San Felipe (Real Universidad de San Felipe), of which the first rector was Tomás de Azúa e Iturgoyen. http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:1Uty95cmCZQJ:www.historia.uchile.cl/CDA/fh_crono2/+Real+Universidad+de+San+Felipe&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10&client=safari This university would eventually become today's Universidad de Chile. He also established the penal colony on the Juan Fernández Islands.

Death

While on board the Spanish ship Leon, en route to Europe with his family, Ortiz de Rosas died on 29 June 1756. The ship's log records his age as 80. He was buried at seathe following morning.