Sabiniano Manrique de Lara

Who is Sabiniano Manrique de Lara?

Sabiniano Manrique de Lara was Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines Islands, 25 July 1653 – 8 September 1663.

He succeeded Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines Islands Diego Fajardo Chacon y Entenza, who served from 11 August 1644 to 25 July 1653. He was a cadet brother of the Juan Fajardo de Guevara, 1st Marquis of Espinardo, a title awarded by King Philip IV of Spain in 1626, the purchaser of former morisco populated lands, and may have been connected with the "Fajardo Chacón" Royal Accountants family, from the Murcia and Almeria lands, who obtained earlier the title of Marquis of los Vélez, a title awarded by Queen Joan I of Castile "the Mad", in 1507.

The attacks on Manila in April 1662 of the Taiwanese - Chinese seafarer Koxinga, a.k.a. Koseng, who drove the Dutch from Taiwan, a.k.a. Formosa Island, prompted him to secure help from the Spanish soldiers settled at Zamboanga, 6° 54′ 0″ N, 122° 4′ 0″ E, a.k.a. Bagumbayan, Mindanao Island, since April 1635 to counteract Koxinga previsible military actions in Manila.

The Jesuit father Francisco Xavier Baranera records, however, Koxinga's death on 23 July 1662. On 8 September 1663, Manrique de Lara was replaced by Diego de Salcedo, who was chosen by the king on 2 December 1661, but effective 8 September 1663 – 28 September 1668.