Fernando Talaverano Gallegos

Fernando Talaverano Gallegos ( alternatively: Hernando Talaverano Gallegos ) (* 1563 ( according to other sources: 1546) probably in Granada, Spain, † 1619 in Chile) was a Spanish jurist who / 1618 temporarily held in 1617, the Office of the Governor of Chile.

Career in Spain

Talaverano studied Law and was admitted by José Toribio Medina indication of Granada in 1577 as a lawyer and entered the service of the Duke of Béjar. This date can be the birth year of 1563, the Medina indicates appear to be rather unlikely, but Talaverano would have been admitted at the age of fourteen years as a lawyer. According to Medina, he was appointed in 1595 as consultant to the Holy Office of Granada, in 1597 a judge of the confiscated goods of the Inquisition, and later to the Alcalde Mayor ( mayor) of Granada.

Tenure in Chile

King Philip III. appointed him to the Real Audiencia of Chile; with his wife, Catalina de Ledesma, and four daughters, he made himself from Seville in March 1603 on their way to America. About Panama he came to Lima, where he arrived in October 1603. His oath of office he made on January 13, 1604 in Concepción, on 2 February he reached Santiago de Chile.

There he served first as Deputy Governor. By royal charter dated March 23, 1606 given the title of Oidors has been granted; He served for nine years. As the Governor Alonso de Ribera seriously ill, he appointed Talaverano on March 9, 1617 as a temporary successor until the viceroy of Peru or the king would appoint a permanent successor. With the death of Ribera Talaverano took office and was formally approved by the Cabildo ( City Council ) of Santiago on March 16, 1617.

His administration was marked by a faithful execution of the provisions of the King and the Church, especially the influence of the Jesuit Father Luis de Valdivia: "At that time it was dangerous to go into trouble with this order [ the Jesuits ], given the immense power that had acquired under the reign of the pious Philip III. clergy. "writes Diego Barros Arana (p. 96).

Among other Talaverano decided under the influence of the Jesuits, release all imprisoned Mapuche Indians, including the commander Pelantaro, against his release Alonso de Ribera had always favored.

With the arrival of the new governor Lope de Ulloa y Lemos in January 1618 Talaverano handed over the official duties. In the Spanish colonial empire, each officer had to undergo following the end of their term of office of a juicio de residencia, a review of official actions on legality. Only with the discharge by the juicio the return to Spain was permitted. Talaverano had here warrant against allegations of wrongful appropriation of an agricultural material; The jury acquitted him in Santiago, but the Indies sentenced him to a fine of one hundred ducats.

Talaverano died in 1619 in Chile.