Lieutenant Colonel
Juan Bautista Rondeau
Comandante Militar in the town of Minas
In office
1785–1790
Preceded byMiguel de Olavarrieta
Succeeded by?
Comandante Militar in the town of Minas
In office
1793–1794
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born
Jean Baptiste Rondeau Bourgeois

1735
La Rochelle, France
Died1813
Córdoba, Argentina
SpouseLorenza Pereyra
Occupationmilitia
Professionarmy
Military service
Allegiance Spain - until 1810
Argentina United Provinces of the River Plate
Branch/serviceSpanish Army
Years of service1755-1810
RankLieutenant colonel
UnitBatallón de Voluntarios de Cataluña
Dragones de Buenos Aires
Regimiento de Voluntarios de Córdoba
Battles/warsSpanish–Portuguese War
British invasions of the Río de la Plata

Juan Bautista Rondeau (1735 – 1813) was an officer of the Spanish army of French origin, who served in Buenos Aires and Montevideo during the Viceroyalty of Peru and Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata,[1] He took part in the Second Cevallos expedition and the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, as part of the veteran forces of the Province of Córdoba.[2]

his service record until December 1798

He was born in La Rochelle, Aquitaine, the son of Pierre Rondeau and Catherine Bourgeois, belonging to a distinguished French family.[3] He possibly arrived in the Río de la Plata as a soldier of the volunteer battalion of Catalonia in January 1762.[4] He served for nine years in the Batallon de Infanteria of Santa Fe, serving in the Regimiento de Dragones de Buenos Aires since 1771. He took an active part in the defense of the Fortaleza de Santa Teresa, occurred during the Spanish Portuguese war.[5]

In 1785 he was appointed as a military commander in Minas, Uruguay, a position he held until 1790.[6] He served in the veteran corps of the Regimiento de Voluntarios de Córdoba during the English Invasions of the Río de la Plata.[7] After the May Revolution he went on to serve under the orders of the Primera Junta, supporting the emancipatory cause until his death.[8]

Juan Bautista Rondeau was married in Buenos Aires to Lorenza Pereira, daughter of Ricardo Pereyra and Maria Josefa Cabral, belonging to a Creole family of Portuguese roots. His son, José Rondeau y Pereyra, served as Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Indice del Archivo del Gobierno de Buenos Aires. Archivo General de la Nación Argentina. 1860.
  2. ↑ Invasiones Inglesas, 1806-1807: Estudio Documentado. Guillermo Palombo. 2007. ISBN 9789870221746.
  3. ↑ El libro de los linajes: familias históricas uruguayas del siglo XIX, Volume 3. Ricardo Goldaracena. 1976.
  4. ↑ Minas, dos siglos de su historia, Volúmenes 1-2. Aníbal Barrios Pintos. 1983.
  5. ↑ Historia de los pueblos orientales: sus orígenes, procesos fundacionales, sus primeros años, Volumen 2. Aníbal Barrios Pintos. 2000.
  6. ↑ Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Volúmenes 27-28. El Instituto. 2003.
  7. ↑ Telégrafo mercantil, Volúmenes 3-5. Buenos Aires. 1915.
  8. ↑ 1810-1853.-t. 2. 1854-1880.-t. 3. 1881-1894.-t. 4. 1895-1896.-t. 5. 1897-1898.-t. 6. 1899-1905. Ercilio Domínguez. 1898.
  9. ↑ Génesis de Buenos Aires (yo soy de Buenos Aires. Alberto Wildner-Fox. 1979.
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