José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escandón and the second or maternal family name is Helguera.
José de Escandón y Helguera, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda
BornMay 19, 1700
Soto de la Marina (now Santa Cruz de Bezana, Cantabria, Spain)
DiedSeptember 10, 1770 (aged 70)
Santiago de Querétaro, New Spain (now Mexico)
OccupationsNoble, soldier & politician

José de Escandón y Helguera, conde de Sierra (May 19, 1700, Soto de la Marina, Cantabria, Spain – September 10, 1770, Querétaro, New Spain) was a Spanish fighter against indigenous people in New Spain and the founder and first governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander, which extended from the Pánuco River in the modern-day Mexican state of Tamaulipas to the Guadalupe River in the modern-day U.S. state of Texas.

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