Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez

Biography:

Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez was a Chilean politician and military figure who played a major role in the Occupation of the Araucanía. His parents were Manuel Saavedra Cabrera son of the president of the First Government of Buenos Aires in 1810 and Argentine general Cornelio Saavedra and Josefina Rodriguez Salcedo. He married Dorotea Rivera Serrano daughter of Chilean General Juan de Dios Rivera and Freire de Andrade and Galeazzo Maria del Rosario Alfaro Serrano.