Background
Don Pedro De Acuna was born in Spain.
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Don Pedro De Acuna
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Career
After Iyeyasu Tokugawa beat the Ishidas in the Battle of Sekigahara (1600), he was appointed Governor-General of Luzon by order of the King of Spain. With Ishidas' conquest, Iyeyasu reversed the foreign policy. In the course of this Ieyasu began exchanging messages with Acuna. In 1605 this led to an exchange of gifts and ultimately a Spanish-Japanese trade agreement was signed. After this Acuna landed in Japan after also having exchanged letters with Hirotaka Terasawa in 1602 and Yoshihiro Shimazu in 1605.
Governor Bravo de Acuña died in Manila in 1606, soon after his return from the Moluccas, and the Audiencia again took over the government. Bravo de Acuña died very suddenly, and there were suspicions he had been poisoned. He had accumulated considerable wealth during his administration, and as a result was subjected to a juicio de residencia (grievance tribunal), as his predecessor had been. After his death, his property was confiscated by the Audiencia under Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco. Vivero was sent by the viceroy of New Spain in 1608 to assume temporary charge of the government and to investigate the colonial officials.
Date of his birth is unascertained.
