Years of service 1730-1780 Rank Captain | Name Domingo de Allegiance Spain | |
Unit Real Cuerpo Guardias Espanolas de Infanteria Died 1785, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Domingo Ortiz de Rozas (1721-1785) was an Spanish nobleman and military.
Biography
Born Aug 9, 1721 in Sevilla, Spain, was the son of Bartolome Ortiz de Rozas Garcia de Villasuso and Maria Antonia Rodillo de Brizuela. In 1730 he was Cadet in Spanish Royal Corps of the Guards Infantry. In 1742 Ortiz de Rozas arrived at the port of Buenos Aires accompanying his uncle the future governor of Rio de la Plata Domingo Ortiz de Rozas.
Domingo Ortiz de Rozas Rodillo married in twice time, first with Catalina de La Cuadra Fernandez Ponce de Leon to whom he had his only son Leon Ortiz de Rozas. After widowed his first wife he married May 11, 1745 in Buenos Aires to Gregoria Antonia de Gogenola de la Cuadra.
Domingo Ortiz de Rozas Rodillo was the paternal grandfather of Juan Manuel de Rosas.