| Mauricio de Zúñiga | |
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| (1st) 6th Spanish Governor of West Florida | |
| In office 1812–1813 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco San Maxent |
| Succeeded by | Mateo González Manrique |
| (2nd) 9th Spanish Governor of West Florida | |
| In office 1816–1816 |
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| Preceded by | José de Soto |
| Succeeded by | Francisco San Maxent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | XVIII century El Prat de Llobregat, in Baix Llobregat (Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain) |
| Died | Not Known |
| Profession | governor |
Mauricio de Zuñiga was the governor of Florida in 1812-13, and 1816. He participated in the Fort Gadsden, trying for recovered to slaves in Florida.
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Mauricio de Zuniga was born in the eighteenth century, probably in El Prat de Llobregat, in Baix Llobregat (Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain). As a youth, he joined the Spanish army, and he was ascending in the army until he took the post of Colonel. [1]
In 1812, Mauricio de Zuniga was appointed governor of Florida, whose headquarters were in Pensacola. In this moment, the strength of Prospect Bluff was attracting fugitives slaves and refugees Amerindians and the commander of the Military division of the Southern United States, Andrew Jackson, realizing that he was sending armies to the area that were not sufficient to eject slaves and Indians, decided that the Spanish authorities will help to expel him. So, Mauricio de Zúñiga, although he did not have enough troops to send against force and drive out the Naive Americans people and blacks, he did send to Captain Sebastián Pintado to investigate the matter and recover any runaway slave who belonged to the Spanish of East and West Florida. [2] However, the following year, in 1813, he left the office of governor of place. Later, in 1816, he returned to the post of governor.