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Alonso de Córdoba Gómez (1505–1589) was a Spanish nobleman's son who sought his fortune in the Americas. He was born in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real Province, Spain, and married Olalla of Merlo, also of Valdepeñas. Córdoba arrived with his wife in Peru in 1534, and Chile in 1540 along with Pedro de Valdivia.
He was the son of Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba and father of the historian Pedro de Cordova y Figueroa. He served as lieutenant, captain of infantry and of cavalry in Lota and San Carlos de Austria ; lieutenant general of cavalry and Sargento Mayor of the Captaincy General of Chile .
He married Francisca de Mendoza y Carvajal, daughter of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain, and had 8 children, including : Alfonso, III conde de Alcaudete (1552-1590), no issue. Francisco, IV conde de Alcaudete (1553-1632), governor of Oran (1596-1604), had issue.
Córdova, who had accepted the crown from Bolívar and Sucre, gifted the crown to the City of Santiago de Arma Rionegro on 10 September of 1825 and sent it with captain Nicolás Caicedo who arrived at Rionegro in January of 1826 after transversing over 4,500 kilometers from La Paz. [1] [3]
Luis de Córdova y Córdova (1706–1796), admiral, commanded the Spanish fleet in the Anglo-Spanish War; Pedro Hernández de Córdova, Spanish soldier in the Arauco War in the 16th century; José de Córdoba y Ramos (1732–1815), Spanish explorer and naval officer; Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa (died 1698), Spanish soldier in Chile
Alonso de Figueroa y Cordova (1589? in Spain – 1652) was a Spanish soldier who, in the days of the reign of Philip IV of Spain, temporarily carried out the position of Captain General and Royal Governor of Chile, besides president of its Real Audiencia of Chile. His government lasted for 13 months, between April 1649 and May 1650.
Alcaudete was the son to Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor, the lord of Alcaudete and of Montemayor, and to María de Velasco, daughter of Count Siruela. He married Leonor Pacheco, daughter of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, 1st Marquis of Comares. Their sons were Alfonso (1512-1565), the successor to Alcaudete;
Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdova is a multi-use stadium in La Paz, Honduras. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Municipal Paceño F.C . Has the capacity for 25,000 people.