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Ambrosio O’Higgins

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association with Bernardo O’Higgins

In Bernardo O’Higgins
…was the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O’Higgins, a Spanish officer of Irish origin who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru; his mother was Isabel Riquelme, a prominent lady of Chillán.
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significance to Osorno

In Osorno
…in 1796 by order of Ambrosio O’Higgins (the father of Bernardo O’Higgins).
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