Tejano History
Franquis De Lugo, Carlos Benites
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FRANQUIS DE LUGO, CARLOS BENITES (1691–?). Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo, Spanish governor of Texas, was born at Ortoba, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands in 1691. In early manhood he moved to Havana, Cuba, where he married Ángela de Alarcón y Ocaña. In 1736 the king of Spain appointed him governor of the province of Tlaxcala. But when Franquis arrived in Mexico, that office was still held by his predecessor, so the viceroy, Archbishop Vizarron, appointed him governor ad interim of Texas to succeed Manuel de Sandoval.
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Full article on the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas Online
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