| Circulating Note Issued 07/09/2004 |
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| Manuel Rodriguez Erdoiza | ||
| Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, a Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile. He was born on 27/02/1785 and was the son of Don Carlos Rodríguez de Herrera y Zeballos, a customs officer of Peruvian nationality, and María Loreto de Erdoíza y Aguirre who was a young Chilean aristocrat. Rodríguez study law at the Royal University of San Felipe, and subsequently became a lawyer in 1807. In May 1811, he was named attorney for Santiago de Chile. In the latter part of 1811, Rodríquez was subsequently elected as parliamentary representative for Talca on 4 September, named Secretary of War on 15 November and on 2 December was conscripted into the army with the rank of Captain. Rodríguez was killed on 26 May 1818 in Til-Til by soldiers of the "Cazadores de los Andes" battalion commanded by Antonio Navarro. He was initially buried under the altar of a chapel in Til-Til until his remains were moved to the General Cemetery of Santiago. | ||
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