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Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (16 June 1651 – 1714) was a Spanish politician who governed Nuevo León (1687-1688), Nueva Extremadura (1698–1703), New Philippines (1698–1702), and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1704–1707).
Biografía de un militar asturiano que fue gobernador de Nuevo México y fundó Alburquerque. Conoce su trayectoria, sus campañas contra los indios rebeldes y su muerte en México.
Francisco Cuervo y Valdez. Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (1651-1714) fue un político español que gobernó Nuevo León, Coahuila (1698-1703), Texas (1698-1702) y Nuevo México (1704-1707).
In 1706 provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdés ordered that a Spanish garrison (the future Albuquerque) be established near the Tiwa pueblos. By Spanish law, to gain recognition as a village, the new settlement was required to have a population of 30 Spanish families.
Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdés was born on June 16, 1651, in Santa María de Grado (in Asturias, Spain). His family was of noble background. Cuervo y Valdes was a Knight of Santiago and a Treasury official in Guadalajara. He emigrated to Americas in 1678.
Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (16 June 1651 – 1714) was a Spanish politician who governed Nuevo León (1687-1688), Nueva Extremadura (1698–1703), New Philippines (1698–1702), and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1704–1707).
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Illustrious son of the Province of Asturias Spain, Governor of New Mexico. Sculpture funded by the City of Albuquerque 1% for Arts Program as per City Council Resolution 57, 1984. (A historical marker located in Albuquerque in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.)
