Eustaquio Díaz Vélez
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General Don Eustoquio Antonio Díaz Vélez |
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| 1st and 2nd helper expedition to Upper Perú Suipacha, Huaqui, Jesús de Machaca, Cangrejos, Quebrada del Nazareno, Jujuy Exodus, Cobos, Las Piedras, Tucumán, Yaraicoragua, Cochabamba, El Volcán, Yatasto, Salta, Macha, Vilcapugio, Ayohuma | |
| Major-General of the Army of the North | |
| Military Governor of the Intendencia de Salta | |
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In office 13 March 1813 – 13 September 1813 |
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| Preceded by | Esteban Agustín Gascón Civil governator |
| Succeeded by | Feliciano Chiclana Civil governator |
| 6th and last Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fe | |
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In office 31 March 1814 – 23 March 1815 |
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| Preceded by | Ignacio Álvarez Thomas |
| 7th Interim Intendentant Governor of Buenos Aires | |
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In office 13 November 1818 – 16 March 1819 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Ramón Balcarce |
| Succeeded by | Juan Ramón Balcarce |
| Meritorious General of the Republic | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 November 1782 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Argentina) |
| Died | 1 April 1856 (aged 73) Buenos Aires, State of Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentina |
| Political party | Patriot |
| Spouse(s) | Carmen Guerrero y Obarrio |
| Children | Carmen, Manuela and Eustoquio |
| Profession | Military |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Years of service | 1806–1821 |
| Rank | General of Argentina |
| Battles/wars | Spanish American wars of independence |
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Eustoquio Antonio Díaz Vélez (Buenos Aires, November 2, 1782 - id., April 1, 1856), Argentine military officer who fought in the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, participated in the May Revolution and fought in the war of independence and Argentine civil wars.
His name was Eustoquio (Eustochio Antonio according to his baptismal certificate) but usually is cited, incorrectly, as Eustaquio.
His parents were Francisco José Díaz Vélez, a wealthy merchant born in Huelva, Spain -who was former chapter of Buenos Aires Cabildo- and María Petrona Sánchez Araoz de Lamadrid, a native of Tucumán, from an important colonial family.
He was the seventh child of a total of twelve. Among his brothers deserve to be named the second child of the marriage, Dr. José Miguel Díaz Vélez, politician who participated in the war of independence and in the Argentine civil wars; and the eighth offspring of that union, Manuel Díaz Vélez, young lieutenant of the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers who died as a result of injuries suffered in the baptism of fire against the royalists in the Battle of San Lorenzo.
Young joined the army, in the Regiment of Blandengues of the Frontier of Buenos Aires. He combined these activities with trade, gathering some wealth.
During the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, in the first, he collaborated with Santiago de Liniers and was discharged in the Regiment of Patricians, on October 8, 1806, as assistant graduate second lieutenant, participating in the Reconquista of Buenos Aires. The following year, during the second British Invasion, distinguished himself in the Defense of Buenos Aires, under the command of Cornelio Saavedra, and submitted the English in the "House of the Widow Virreyna (Viceroy)", between 2 and 7 July. He was promoted to captain.
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