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Gonzalo de Alvarado was a native of Badajoz and son of Diego Gómez de Alvarado y Mexía de Sandoval, born in Badajoz in 1460 and vecino of Badajoz, Extremadura, Commander of Lobón, [1] Puebla [disambiguation needed], Montijo and Cubillana, Alcalde of Montánchez, Trece of the Order of Santiago, Lord of Castellanos, Maestresala of Henry IV of ...
Gonzalo de Alvarado founded San Salvador the following year, but it was eradicated by a native attack in 1526, during a general uprising that spread across the region. Pedro de Alvarado returned to campaign in El Salvador in 1526 and 1528, and in the latter year, Diego de Alvarado reestablished San Salvador and issued encomiendas to
Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez was a Spanish conquistador and cousin of Pedro de Alvarado and accompanied him on his first campaign in Guatemala. In 1525 he was appointed chief constable of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, the new capital (modern Tecpán Guatemala). He married Isabel, a daughter of Jorge de Alvarado, his cousin. It is ...
Gonzalo de Alvarado left the Spanish camp at Tecpán Guatemala in July 1525 and marched to Momostenango, which quickly fell to the Spanish after a four-hour battle. The following day Gonzalo de Alvarado marched on Huehuetenango and was confronted by a Mam army of 5,000 warriors from Malacatán.
Alonso de Alvarado; Hernando de Alvarado; Pedro de Alvarado; Luis de Moscoso Alvarado; Juan de Ampudia; ... Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada; Hernán Pérez de Quesada; R
In late 1536, Gonzalo de Alvarado finally founded the new town, assigning officials as had been designated by his brother. [165] Although 100 citizens had been assigned by Pedro de Alvarado, in reality it had about 40 upon its foundation. The town only remained at Opoa for a brief period, before it was transferred to a new site.
Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez; Hernando de Alvarado; Jorge de Alvarado; Pedro de Alvarado; Pedro Álvarez Holguín; Juan de Ampudia; Pedro de Anda; Andrés de Tapia;
Alvarado's letter to Hernán Cortés describing his passage through Soconusco is lost, and knowledge of events there come from the account of Bernal Díaz del Castillo, who was not present, but related the report of Gonzalo de Alvarado. [42] By 1524, Soconusco had been completely pacified by Alvarado and his forces. [43]