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Sebastián de Segurola

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Sebastián de Segurola y Oliden. Oil painting by an anonymous artist, preserved in the La Paz Museum, Bolivia.


Sebastián de Segurola y Olidén (Azpeitia, province of Guipúzcoa, Spain,27 January, 1740 – La Paz, Audiencia de Charcas, 1 October, 1789) was a nobleman from Basque, and a Knight of the Order of Calatrava.

Sebastián de Segurola was missioned in Upper Peru since 1777, and reached the rank of brigadier. He was a military man who held important political positions and participated in the repression of indigenous rebellions of the end of the 18th century. He was named interim viceroy of Buenos Aires, a few days before his death. His grandson was Marshal José Ballivián Segurola, who became President of Bolivia from 1841 to 1847.[1]

Biography

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Sebastian de Segurola Zelayaran y Oliden Egaña, was born in Azpeitia, province of Guipuzcoa, Spain, on 27 January, 1740, son of Maria Clara de Oliden and Egaña and Rafael Ygnacio de Segurola and Çelayaran.[2]

File cover of Sebastián de Segurola y Oliden to cross into the Order of Calatrava.

Military Commander of La Paz

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He was appointed mayor of Larecaja, replacing the Count of the Oselle Valley, on November 19, 1776. (General Archive of Simancas. Dir.Tes. Inv. 2 Leg.60-7 Appointment of mayor of Larecaja).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Sebastián de Segurola y Oliden | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  2. ^ Katari, Tupaj; de Segurola, Sebastián (2018-07-06). "An Unbearable Yoke". doi:10.1215/9780822371618-029. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Genealogia Revista 31 PDF | PDF | Heráldica". Scribd. Retrieved 2024-12-11.