Philippines vs china war history

When Gobernador Guido de Lavezaris de Chávez General de Philipinas was born in 1512, in Diócesis de Sevilla, Spain, his father, Sebastián de Lavezzaris de Perea, was 28 and his mother, Catalina de Chávez Alvarado y Álvarez, was 13. He had at least 1 daughter with Ínez Álvarez de Gibraleón. In 1572, at the age of 60, his occupation is listed as gobernador general de filipinas. He died in 1582, in Nueva, Llanes, Asturias, Spain, at the age of 70.

Guido de Lavezaris (c. 1512 – d. 1581) was the second SpanishGovernor General of the Philippines. He succeeded Miguel López de Legazpi in 1572 as governor, and was succeeded by Francisco de Sande on August 25, 1575.

Early life

Little was known of Governor-General Lavezares. In 1543, he became a member of the Villalobos Expedition that traveled to the Philippines. He became the royal treasurer of the expedition during the navigation. Later on, he was one of several prisoners who escaped from a prison in Ambon Island when Villalobos' crew and ships were captured by the patrolling Portuguese.

Governorship

During his governorship, he directed Legazpi's grandson Juan de Salcedo to go to the northern portion of Luzon together with some 100 Spanish soldiers and conquer the present-day Ilocos and establish Villa Fernandina. Lavezaris also conquered the peninsula of Camarines and granted vast encomiendas to his loyal generals.

In 1574, he defeated the notorious ChinesepirateLimahong when the latter attempted to colonize the Philippines. In 1575, Sp

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