Juan de Borja and Armenia
Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia (Gandía, Valencia, 1564-Santafé, 1628), was a Spanish nobleman who held various functions in the New Kingdom of Granada, including president of the Royal Court of Santa Fe de Bogota.
Biography
The natural son of Fernando de Borja-Aragón y Castro and Violante de Armendia y Matheu, he was the grandson of the Duke of Gandía, San Francisco de Borja, third general of the Society of Jesus. He was legitimized by King Felipe III during the Cortes of Valencia, on January 14, 1604.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree and a degree in arts from the University of Alcalá; he later became a bachelor of canons at the University of Salamanca.
He performed various functions in the New Kingdom of Granada. He was president, governor and captain general of the Royal Audience of Santafé de Bogotá, for which he was appointed in 1605. He took office, as the seventh president, at the age of forty-one, on October 2, 1605, which he ruled without interruption for twenty-two years, until his death.
During his tenure, he waged several wars against the Indians; the most intense was the pacification of the Pijao Federation between 1605 and 1615.
During his presidency, the Holy Tribunal of the Inquisition was established in Cartagena de Indias. Borja ordered the printing of a Chibcha grammar. He extended the collection of the alcabala to cities where this tribute was not collected.
In 1605, a Santafé Court of Accounts was created and in 1620 a royal decree ordered the foundation of the Casa de la Moneda del Nuevo Reino de Granada.
In 1606, he founded the town of Natagaima, on the banks of the Magdalena River.
In 1608, he founded the town of Coyaima.
He was granted the habit of Knight of the Order of Santiago by Royal Decree, dated in Lerma on May 22, 1610.
He regulated the conduct of Indians to the nearby mines of Mariquita, standing out as an administrator and coadjutor of public administration and material progress.
He safeguarded navigation on the Magdalena River from attacks by the Yariguíes and Carares Indians.
He died in Santafé on February 12, 1628 and is buried in the Cathedral, at the top of the steps, to the right of the main altar. He was not followed by residency judgment. The oidor Lesmes de Espinosa Saravia was in charge of the Presidency, until 1630.
Ancestry
| 16. Juan de Borja y Cattanei, II Duke of Gandía | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. Juan de Borja y Enríquez de Luna, III Duke of Gandía | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. María Enríquez de Luna | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. Francisco de Borja y Aragón, IV Duke of Gandía | ||||||||||||||||
| 18. Alfonso de Aragón y Roig de Ivorra | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Juana de Aragón y de Gurrea | ||||||||||||||||
| 19. Ana de Gurrea y Guerra | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Fernando de Borja y Castro | ||||||||||||||||
| 20. Rodrigo de Castro | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. Alvaro de Castro "el Viejo", Mr. Do Torrão | ||||||||||||||||
| 21. Leonor Coutinho | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Leonor de Castro Mello y Menes | ||||||||||||||||
| 22. Nuno Rodríguez Barreto | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. Isabel de Mello Barreto y Menes | ||||||||||||||||
| 23. Leonor de Mello y Villena | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Juan de Borja y Amendia | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. Sunday Matheu (the Median) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Rape of Armendia and Matheu | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Rape of Armendia | ||||||||||||||||
Marriage and offspring
On September 3, 1597, he married Violante Miguel de Heredia y Forcadell, born in Ulldecona, the daughter of Jaime Miguel de Heredia and Beatriz Forcadell. His descendants are found in Ecuador and Chile. Constituting the only patrilineal or agnatic descent, of the lineage, papal - ducal of Gandía, of the Borja or Borgia. One of his prominent descendants is Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, former president of the Republic of Ecuador.
| Predecessor: Francisco de Sande |  1605-1628 | Successor: Sancho Girón de Narváez |