Francisco López Osornio

Francisco López de Osornio (c. 1645 – c. 1700) was a Spanish landowner and military man, who had an active work in the beginnings of the cattle ranch of the Province of Buenos Aires. He was the founder of the López de Osornio family in Argentina, and the maternal ancestor of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[1]

Capitán

Francisco López de Osornio
Personal details
Born
Francisco López de Osornio y Moreno

c. 1645
Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Diedc. 1701
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse(s)Tomasa Merlo de la Mota
ChildrenFrancisco López de Osornio
Francisco López de Osornio
Ramón López de Osornio
Pedro López de Osornio
María López de Osornio
Agustina López de Osornio
RelativesClemente López de Osornio (grandson)
Occupationarmy
merchant
landowner
Professionmilitary man
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Years of service1678-c.1700
RankCaptain
UnitFuerte de Buenos Aires
CommandsMilicias Provinciales de Buenos Aires
Battles/warsExpeditions against the Indigenous

He was born in Andalucia, Spain, the son of Francisco de Osornio and Catalina López Moreno. He carried out his elementary studies possibly in Madrid,[2] and arrived at the Río de la Plata from Spain in the year 1674.[3] He married July 21, 1679 in Buenos Aires to Tomasa Merlo de la Mota, daughter of Alejandro de Merlo and Teresa de la Mota, belonging to distinguished Creole families of Córdoba.[4]

References
  1. Estructura del Martín Fierro by Carlos Albarracín-Sarmiento, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1981, ISBN 9789027217196
  2. La Revista de Buenos Aires, Miguel Navarro-Viola, Vicente Gregorio Quesada, 1864
  3. Las estancias del Tandil, Volumen 2, Librería Sarmiento, 1988, 1988, ISBN 9789874301871
  4. Boletín mensual del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
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