Diego Osorio Villegas facts for kids
In this article, the first or paternal family name is Osorio and the second or maternal family name is Villegas.
Diego de Osorio y Villegas (1540 in Villasandino – 1601 in Santo Domingo) was a sixteenth-century governor of Venezuela Province (1589–1597), the Venezuela Province being a part of the Spanish Empire. He was governor at the time of the Preston Somers Expedition during which an English force found Caracas by way of a secret route through the mountains.
He was then Governor of Santo Domingo until his death in 1601. Previously he spent 15 years fighting in the Dutch Revolt.
See also
In Spanish: Diego Osorio y Villegas para niños
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