Francisco Ortiz de la RentaMunicipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2009. (c. 1726 – c. 1806) was a Teniente a guerra Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1766Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019. to 31 December 1800, when José Benítez took over the mayoral administration.Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2019. Accessed 19 March 2019.
Background Francisco Ortiz de la Renta was a descendant of the founder of San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to Río Guanajibo, in 1573.Francisco Lluch Mora. Orígenes y Fundación de Ponce, y otras noticias relativas a su desarrollo urbano, demográfico y cultural (Siglos XVI-XIX). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Segunda Edición. 2006. p. 39. As teniente a guerra, he was the administrative head of the municipality.
See also
List of Puerto Ricans List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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References
Further reading Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)