Toribio de Peñalva

Toribio de Peñalva (c.1606-c.1685) was a Spanish military man, who served during the Viceroyalty of Peru as Alcalde de la hermandad and Procurator General of Buenos Aires.

Biography
Peñalva was born in Santander (Spain), son of Toribio de Peñalva and Juliana Cevallos. In 1629, he arrived at port of Buenos Aires from Rio de Janeiro, in the company of governor Francisco de Céspedes. He was married in the city with Ana de Sosa, daughter of Vicente Simoes and Francisca de Souza, belonging to a noble Portuguese family.

In 1640, Peñalva received land grants, and had purchased the ranch of Amador Báez de Alpoim. Time later he became one most powerful landowners in the Province of Buenos Aires, and was appointed Alcalde de la Hermandad.

Toribio de Peñalva and Ana Sosa, had six sons, one of them Juan de Peñalva, who was married to Ana de Roxas, the granddaughter of Lieutenant Governor Pedro de Roxas y Acevedo. In 1700, his grandson, Miguel de Peñalba y Roxas was married to Maria Theodora Gragiño, daughter of Antonio Gragiño Álvarez and Maria Pacheco Pintos, born in the city, and belonging to the family of Juan de Garay y Becerra.