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Fernandez de Oviedo writes that when Juan Ponce de León arrived in the Americas he was a military man who had gained his experience in the Granada War, but Arnade cautions, "Without proof the biographers of the conquistador state that he accompanied Pedro Núñez de Guzmán in the war against the Moors during the Granada campaign". [29]
Juan Ponce de León II, the first native Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico, was the father of Juan Ponce de León y Loayza. In his trip from Spain to Puerto Rico in August 1577, Bishop Diego de Salamanca, not finding a commercial ship heading to Puerto Rico at the time, boarded a Spanish warship headed to Mexico, which dropped him off in the southern coast of Puerto Rico at Guanica.
Juan Ponce de León II (1524–1591) [1] was a Spanish official and an acting governor of Puerto Rico. He was the first acting governor to be born on the island. He was the first acting governor to be born on the island.
Juan Ponce de León II, 28th governor of Puerto Rico, grandson of the first governor, and the first born in the island to become governor.. In the governor's absence, or if the governor dies or is unable to perform the executive duties, the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico takes control of the executive position, as acting governor during a temporary absence or inability, and as governor in ...
Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521) was a Spanish explorer known for seeking the Fountain of Youth and the first Governor of Puerto Rico. Juan Ponce de León may also refer to: Juan Ponce de León II (1524–1591), grandson of Juan Ponce de León; first Puerto Rican Governor of Puerto Rico
Pánfilo de Narváez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaɱfilo ðe naɾˈβaeθ]; born 1470 or 1478, [3] died 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain , he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier.
Leonor (Eleanor) de Guzmán y Ponce de León (1310–1351) [1] was a Castilian noblewoman. After about 1330, she became the long-term mistress and favourite of Alfonso XI , [ 2 ] with whom she had the illegitimate son Henry "the Fratricidal", future first monarch of the House of Trastámara .
Becerrillo's date and place of birth are unknown although historians speculate he may have been whelped in either the kennels of Diego Columbus [1] or those of Juan Ponce de León. [2] A black eyed, medium-sized dog with a red coloured coat, [3] it is recorded that he was in Puerto Rico in 1511 already sporting battle scars. [1]