Juan Abalos de Mendoza

Juan Abalos de Mendoza
Born1560
Asuncion, Paraguay
Died1605
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
AllegianceSpain
RankCaptain

Juan Abalos de Mendoza (1560 – 1605) was a explorer and colonizer in South America born in what is now Paraguay.

Biography

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

References

  1. ^ Cunas de ilustres linajes: descendencia de Domingo Martínez de Irala y otras de la época de la conquista. Alfredo J. Otárola. 1970.
  2. ^ Patricios y elites: el caso argentino, 1535-1943 : ensayo. Instituto Ruy Díaz de Guzmán de Investigación Histórica y Social, 2005. 2005. ISBN 9789870513681.
  3. ^ Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje: Morón. Juan Antonio Presas. 1972.
  4. ^ Nupcias patricias: descendencia de los fundadores de la ciudad, siglos XVII-XVIII-XIX-XX. Alberto A. Wildner-Fox. 1987.