Francisco de Toledo
(c. 1522–>1615)

Biographical

Deputy of the Santiago Hospital 1584
Fiel ejecutor 1584
Regidor of the Cabildo of Santiago, Chile, 1577, 1592
Scribe of Santiago
Captain
Maestre de Campo General

To further his business career, Francisco moved to Seville and supported his widowed sister, Constanza. He left for Chile in 1555 in the fleet of the new governor, Gerónimo de Alderete. Once he settled there, his family left Spain to join him in 1562. He resided in Concepción in 1568 and later in Santiago, and although he was primarily a businessman, he later began to take on military roles. He became a Jesuit after the death of his wife.

Place of birth: Granada
Place of death: Santiago
Place of burial: Cathedral of Santiago

Son of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo and Mayor Fernández, he was married firstly to Catalina Martínez de Urbaneda (†<1550), with issue:
• Gonzalo (see)

Francisco was married secondly to María de Toledo, with issue:
• Fernando (see)
• Leonor, married to Andrés de Zamidio, with no issue
• Alonso (see)
• Luis (see)
• Miguel (see)
• Juan (see)
• Beatriz Venegas de Toledo, †unm
• Melchor, *1571, †1641 Santiago, a Jesuit priest and missionary in Chiloé
• Gaspar (see)