Manuel de Amat y Junient
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Don Manuel de Amat y Junyent |
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| Viceroy of Peru | |
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In office October 12, 1761 – July 17, 1776 |
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| Monarch | Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Count of Aranda |
| Preceded by | José Antonio Manso de Velasco |
| Succeeded by | Manuel de Guirior |
| Royal Governor of Chile | |
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In office December 28, 1755 – September 9, 1761 |
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| Monarch | Ferdinand VI |
| Preceded by | Domingo Ortiz de Rosas |
| Succeeded by | Félix de Berroeta |
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21 March 1707 Vacarisses, Spain |
| Died | 14 February 1782 (aged 74) Barcelona, Spain |
| Spouse(s) | María Francisca de Fivaller |
| Profession | Field Marshal |
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Manuel de Amat y Junyent Planella Aymerich y Santa Pau (Catalan: Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent) (March 1707 – February 14, 1782) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator. He was the Royal Governor of the Captaincy General of Chile from December 28, 1755 to September 9, 1761, and Viceroy of Peru from October 12, 1761 to July 17, 1776.
Felipe Manuel Cayetano de Amat y de Junyent was born in March 1707 in Vacarisses (Province of Barcelona), into an aristocratic Catalan family. His father was José de Amat y de Planella, Marquis de Castellbell, and his mother was Mariana de Junyent y de Vergós, daughter of the Marquis de Castellmeià.
He entered the army at a young age. In 1719 he saw hostile action against the French in Aragon. At the age of 17 he joined the Order of Malta and went to the island, where he remained four years. He later served in the wars in northern Africa, and obtained the command of a regiment of dragoons.
He distinguished himself in the Battle of Bitonto in the Kingdom of Naples (May 25, 1734). There he served with the contingent under the command of the Carrillo de Albornoz, Duke of Montemar that defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Bitonto in the War of the Polish Succession. He also stood out in the siege of Gaeta later in 1734.
He was promoted to field marshal.
In 1755 Felipe Cayetano de Amat y de Junyent was sent to South America, as Royal Governor of the Captaincy General and president of the Audiencia Real of Chile. He traveled throughout colonial Chile, and ordered the construction of fortifications on the coast and along the frontier with the Mapuche people (for example, Santa Bárbara). He founded the towns of Talcamávida, Hualqui and Nacimiento, among others. He entered negotiations with the Mapuches, the first time in Salto del Laja in 1758, and another time in Santiago de Chile in February 1760. His goal was to guarantee the security of communications between Concepción and Chiloé, but he was only partly successful.
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