Juan Abalos de Mendoza
Juan Abalos de Mendoza | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1560 Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Died | 1605 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru |
| Allegiance | Spain |
| Rank | Captain |
Juan Abalos de Mendoza (1560 – 1605) was a explorer and colonizer in South America born in what is now Paraguay.
Biography
[edit]Born in Asunción, his parents were Gonzalo Casco and María de Mendoza Irala daughter of Gonzalo de Mendoza, and granddaughter Domingo Martínez de Irala.[1] Mendoza married first with Bernardina Guerra de Sepúlveda, and after being widowed to Juana Cejas, whom he had three sons.[2] Abalos de Mendoza, came from Asunción to Santiago del Estero, and then permanently established in Buenos Aires, and was appointed Regidor in 1598.[3]
Juan Abalos de Mendoza was a personal friend of the founder of Buenos Aires Juan de Garay.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cunas de ilustres linajes: descendencia de Domingo Martínez de Irala y otras de la época de la conquista. Alfredo J. Otárola. 1970.
- ^ Patricios y elites: el caso argentino, 1535-1943 : ensayo. Instituto Ruy Díaz de Guzmán de Investigación Histórica y Social, 2005. 2005. ISBN 9789870513681.
- ^ Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje: Morón. Juan Antonio Presas. 1972.
- ^ Nupcias patricias: descendencia de los fundadores de la ciudad, siglos XVII-XVIII-XIX-XX. Alberto A. Wildner-Fox. 1987.