Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas

Andrés Rodríguez Villegas (??-1633) was the Spanish governor and captain-general of the Province of isla Margarita, Venezuela (1619 - 1626) and governor of Florida (1630-1633).

Biography
Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas was born in Spain, but the year of his birth is unknown. Villegas entered the body of Spanish infantry in 1604, later becoming captain. He sailed the Moluccas, the Philippines and other places where the rank of Admiral of the South Sea (Pacific Ocean). Later he came to isla de Margarita, Venezuela, where he was appointed governor on June 6, 1619. After that was given 1500 ducats in salary, payable to the Royal Treasury of the Cabildo of Asuncion. After taking office on 1 August of that year, the first thing he did was write to the king, to inform you of the need to improve the fortifications of the island and also to criticize the Araya to be built in at that time.

In April 1623 in Araya, Villegas met with the governor of Nueva Andalucía, Diego de Arroyo and military engineers Daza and Juan Bautista Antonelli Antonelli, Cristobal Roda, to define the criteria to be deprived in the fortification to be built, Governor Rodríguez presented a project, but prevails submitted by Roda. That same year, Rodriguez sent Spain a plan of your project, but in 1625 he informed the king that this building collapsed due to the king's refusal to accept its recommendations to remove the foundation from the beach, hugging the ground with walls. Then he turned over command of isla de Margarita to Garcia Álvarez de Figueroa, June 1, 1626. According to the Royal Court, he was a just ruler and zealous in the affairs of administration and justice. Later, in 1630, Villegas was appointed governor of Florida, a position he held until his death in 1632 or 1633.