Bernardo de Velasco
Bernardo de Velasco | |
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Portrait by Guglielmo Da Re, 1890 | |
| Intendent Governor of Paraguay | |
| In office 5 May 1806 – 17 June 1811 | |
| Preceded by | Lázaro de Ribera y Espinoza |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished (replaced by Superior Governing Junta of the Province of Paraguay) |
| Military and political governor of the thirty towns of the Missions | |
| In office 9 October 1804 – 17 June 1811 | |
| Monarch | Charles IV of Spain |
| Preceded by | Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bernardo Luis de Velasco y Huidobro 20 August 1742 |
| Died | Unknown, possibly around 1821 |
| Occupation | Military |
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Bernardo Luis de Velasco y Huidobro (20 August 1742 – c. 1821) was a figure in the Spanish American wars of independence, the last Spanish governor of the Intendency of Paraguay and a commander of royalist military forces in the war. He was deposed by the congress celebrated in Asunción on 17 June 1811. He was born in Villadiego, Burgos, Spain.