Ursúa arrived to Mexico around 1680 and initially served as a lawyer in Mexico City until 1692. He used this period to cement relationships with colonial officials in Yucatán.[4] In 1692 he was appointed to be governor of Yucatán, with his term to begin in 1698.[5] By 1694 he had been appointed as alcalde ordinario (a Spanish colonial official) of Mexico City.[4] Ursúa took office in Yucatán four years earlier than planned, becoming acting governor on 17 December 1694.[6]
Martín de Ursúa was from a line of distinguished and successful noblemen that was extremely well connected politically and that intermarried with other influential noble families to form a kinship network that was spread across Europe and the Americas:[7]
martín, ursúa, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, ursúa, orde, urzúa, second, maternal, family, name, arizmendi, urzúa, arizmendi, spanish, pronunciation, maɾˈtin, wɾˈsu, aɾiθˈmendi, february, 1653, february, 1715, count, lizárraga, castillo, spani. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is de Ursua orde Urzua and the second or maternal family name is Arizmendi Martin de Ursua or Urzua y Arizmendi Spanish pronunciation maɾˈtin de wɾˈsu a j aɾi8ˈmendi February 22 1653 February 4 1715 Count of Lizarraga and of Castillo 1 was a Spanish Basque conquistador in Central America during the late colonial period of New Spain Born in Oloriz Navarre 2 he is noted for leading the 1696 97 expeditionary force which resulted in the fall of the last significant independent Maya stronghold Nojpeten located on an island in Lake Peten Itza in the northern Peten Basin region of present day Guatemala He served as governor of the Yucatan until 1708 when he was named Governor General of the Philippines 2 Around the time that he was named to that post he was made a knight of the Order of Santiago 2 He died in Manila in 1715 3 Ursua arrived to Mexico around 1680 and initially served as a lawyer in Mexico City until 1692 He used this period to cement relationships with colonial officials in Yucatan 4 In 1692 he was appointed to be governor of Yucatan with his term to begin in 1698 5 By 1694 he had been appointed as alcalde ordinario a Spanish colonial official of Mexico City 4 Ursua took office in Yucatan four years earlier than planned becoming acting governor on 17 December 1694 6 Contents 1 Family tree 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesFamily tree EditMartin de Ursua was from a line of distinguished and successful noblemen that was extremely well connected politically and that intermarried with other influential noble families to form a kinship network that was spread across Europe and the Americas 7 General Pedro de Ursua y Arizmendi Diego Egues y BeaumontGovernor and Captain General of Nueva GranadaPedro de Ursua y Arizmendi de EguesCount of Jerena Pedro de Ursua Abbot of PamplonaMartin de Ursua y ArizmendiJuana Bolio y Ojeda criolla See also EditAntonio Maria de Bucareli y Ursua History of the Philippines 1521 1898 Spanish conquest of Guatemala Spanish conquest of YucatanNotes Edit Jones 1998 pp 113 114 a b c Jones 1998 p 113 Jones 1998 p 114 a b Jones 1998 p 118 Jones 1998 pp 118 119 Jones 1998 p 119 Jones 1998 pp 113 115 References EditJones Grant D 1998 The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom Stanford California USA Stanford University Press ISBN 9780804735223 Preceded byDomingo Zabalburu de Echevarri Governor General of the Philippines1708 1715 Succeeded byJose Torralba nbsp nbsp This Spanish biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martin de Ursua amp oldid 1171199646, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
