Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas

Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas
2nd Governor of the Province of Margarita
In office 6 June 1619 – 1 June 1626
Preceded by	Francisco Gutiérrez Flores
Succeeded by	Garcia Álvarez de Figueroa
Governor of La Florida
In office 23 June 1630 – 21 Sep 1631/1633
Preceded by	Luis de Rojas y Borja
Succeeded by	Nicolás Ponce de León
Personal details
Born	1580 San Juan (Puerto Rico)
Died	1633 Saint Augustine, Florida

Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas (1580-1633) was a Spanish military who served as governor and captain-general of the Province of isla Margarita, Venezuela (1619 - 1626) and governor of Florida (1630-1633).

Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas was born in 1580, in San Juan (Puerto Rico), being son of hidalgo, oidor and licensed Antonio Rodríguez de Villegas.

His oldest brother also was called Antonio Rodríguez de Villegas, who was commissioner for the Viceroy Marquess of Marquesado de Montesclaros Juan de Mendoza y Luna in 1607 to ascertain the death of General Captaincy of Philippines, Pedro Bravo de Acuña, in exchange for exercising on an interim basis that government.

Later, on his return to New Spain, he received his doctorate in canon law in 1611 and became chancellor of the "Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico" in 1615. in January 1616 he was named mayor greater of Guachinango (in modern Mexico), and shortly after he was assigned the post of judge of Real Audiencia of Manila in Filipinas, from March 24 of that year. On his return to North America he returned to work as university chancellor in 1619.

Villegas entered the body of Spanish infantry in 1604, where he spent 15 years. He sailed in Moluccas, the Philippines and other places where he obtained the rank of Almiral of the South Sea (Pacific Ocean) and of Captain.

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