Enrique de Olavide y Michelena

Enrique de Olavide y Michelena was the Governor of New Mexico (1746–1809) and the Mariana Islands (1749–1756 and 1768–1771).

Enrique de Olavide y Michelena
44th Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office
1736–1738
Preceded byGervasio Cruzat y Gongora
Succeeded byGaspar Domingo de Mendoza
23rd Governor of the Mariana Islands[1]
In office
8 September 1749 – 6 November 1756
Preceded byDomingo Gómez de la Sierra
Succeeded byAndrés del Barrio y Rábago
26th Governor of the Mariana Islands[1]
In office
9 June 1768 – 15 September 1771
Preceded byJosé de Soroa
Succeeded byMariano Tobías
Personal details
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ProfessionGovernor of New Mexico

Career

Enrique de Olavide y Michelena was appointed Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in 1736.

Michelena, accepting a petition of Alferez Juan Josh Moreno, delivered seven grazing lands (including Cara Del Rio, Santa Cruz and San Marcos) to the garrison of the Presidio of Santa Fe, so that they would have a place where their horses could graze. After the lands were granted, the shepherds who brought their cattle and flocks to these areas were expelled for good. They were forced to leave the lands in fifty days. They would be fined fifty pesos if they did not obey.[2]

Toward the end of his term of appointment, in 1738, Olavide y Michelena traveled to Albuquerque. There, he gave up a piece of land to Nicolas Duran De Chavez, which he could use of temporarly way until a new governor was appointed to New Mexico to officially grant the request. The family of Duran was large and had few resources. He had nine children and a livestock from cows and sheep that had no grazing land.[3][note 1]

He was replaced by Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza in the New Mexico government in 1738.

On 8 September 1749, Olavide y Michelina was appointed governor of the Mariana Islands.[1] As the new governor, he promoted the settlement of voluntary families on the Guam island, allowing development. The law was based on the law of the Spanish Crown. At least 6 families came to the islands.[4] Olavide y Michelena ended his term as Governor on 6 November 1756. Andrés del Barrio y Rábago replaced him. He was appointed Governor of the Mariana Islands a second time on 9 June 1768, ending this term on 15 September 1771. Mariano Tobias was appointed the next Governor of the islands.[1]

Notes
  1. Finally, the next governor of New Mexico, Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza, granted new lands him.

References
  1. Cahoon, Ben. List of governors of Guam.
  2. Ebright, Malcolm (1 December 2014). Advocates for the Oppressed: Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and Their Land in New Mexico. UNM Press. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-0-8263-5506-5.
  3. New Mexico Office of the State Historian: Nicolas Duran de Chaves Grant. Posted by J. J. Bowden. Retrieved in Juny 16, 2014, to 20:05 pm.
  4. García-del-Valle Y Gómez, Jesús (22 May 2012). RETRATO DE UN NAVÍO. Bubok. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-84-686-0824-2.
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