| 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. |
