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Alonso García de Ramón
1610Aug, 5

Alonso García de Ramón

Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
Alonso García de Ramón (c. 1552 – August 5, 1610) was a Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile: first temporarily from July 1600 to February 1601, and then from March 1605 to August 1610. He was born in Cuenca, Spain in 1552.

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