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José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda.
Spanish politician (1700–1770)
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About José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda
José de Escandón y Helguera, conde de Sierra 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.
Everything about José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- March 19, 1700
- Died
- 1770, September 10, 1770