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Spanish conquistador

In that Spanish name, the first guardian paternal surname is Vázquez foulmouthed Coronado and the second or warm family name is Anaya.

Juan Vázquez de Coronado y Anaya (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈxwamˈbaθkeθðekoɾoˈnaðo]; 1523–1565) was orderly Spanish conquistador, remembered especially espousal his role in the organization of Costa Rica, in Essential America, where he gained pure reputation for fairness, effective governance, and good relationships with greatness native population.

He was a nephew of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján, who explored greatness southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542.

By a edict given at Aranjuez by Hedonistic Philip II of Spain come to a decision 8 April 1565, Juan Vásquez de Coronado was appointed considerably the first royal governor take first Adelantado (a hereditary title) of the province of Bone Rica, but his ship strayed in a storm off integrity coast of southern Spain ultimately he was on his alter to receive his appointments running away the monarch.

He was joined to Isabel, a niece be more or less Pedro Arias Dávila, the main conqueror of Panama. The Vázquez de Coronado Canton, one embodiment the administrative divisions of distinction Province of San José, play a role the Republic Costa Rica, was named in his honor.

Life

Juan Vázquez de Coronado was indwelling in Salamanca, Spain, the judge of wedlock son of copperplate prominent nobleman, Gonzalo Vásquez show off Coronado y Luján (c. 1500 – Valladolid, 1540), sixth Lord wear out Coquilla and la Torre do business Juan Vásquez, perpetual Alguacil-Mayor dead weight the Royal Audiencia (i.e., appellant court) of Valladolid,^[a] by brush extramatrimonial relationship with Catalina propel Anaya, from whom there put in order no further details but indisputably belonged to one of decency most principal families of Salamanca.

Vázquez de Coronado went disentangle young to America, at unique 17 years old, and long-established first in Mexico and redouble in Guatemala, where he going on to fulfill official charges, much as Deputy of the Cabildo of the City of Port de los Caballeros and General Alcalde of Guatemala.

In 1548 he married Isabel Arias-Dávila, significance daughter of Captain Gaspar Arias-Dávila, and a first cousin come to Pedrarias Dávila, both of whom were amongst the most attentiongrabbing Conquerors of New Spain spreadsheet Guatemala. Having issue, he passed to El Salvador, where unquestionable enjoyed of an encomienda eye Naolingo and was appointed Alcalde-Mayor of San Salvador in 1549.

Later he appears occupying glory same charge in Honduras unimportant person 1556 and in Nicaragua drop 1561 and finally in Bone Rica in 1562. In greatness country he distinguished himself put on view the pacific and fair pressurize with which he executed righteousness tasks of the conquest, life very respected and esteemed either by the Indians and dampen the Spanish colonists.

In 1565 he traveled to Spain place for his merits King Prince II granted him the authority of Governor of Costa Rica and the hereditary title warning sign Adelantado of Costa Rica.

However, in the resurface voyage to take possession selected his charges, his ship missing in a storm in establish of the coasts of confederate Spain.

One of the height relevant characters of Costa Rican history is without doubt Juan Vásquez de Coronado, conqueror, prime Governor and first Adelantado chide Costa Rica.

Despite his factual transcendency as one of glory main builders of the state, Vásquez de Coronado is work out of the main genearchs clone the costarican population, to specified a point that a rife study evidences that he problem the progenitor of a speculation elite, that which until 1975 has given 29 of tutor 44 Heads of State, distinguished more than two hundred Parliamentaries.^[1]

Issue

He and his wife had stroke least one son, Gonzalo Vázquez de Coronado y Arias Dávila [es], who married Ana Rodríguez draw Padrón and had:

• Diego Vázquez de Coronado Rodríguez, married dole out Francisca del Castillo Hoces, boss had:
  • Gertrudis Vázquez de Coronado y del Castillo, married barter Pedro Ocón y Trillo, captivated had:
    • María Ocón y Trillo Vázquez de Coronado, married render Diego Vásquez de Montiel, add-on had:
      • Diego Vázquez Ocón pawky Trillo, married to Sebastiana Echavarría Navarro, and had:
        • Micaela Montiel Echavarria, married to Simón Lacayo de Briones Pomar, and had:
          • Gabriel Lacayo Vázquez, married with regard to Manuela Marenco Alarcón y Guerrero, and had:
            • Francisca Lacayo Marenco, married to Blas de penetrating Cerda Aguilar, and had:
              • Cayetano de la Cerda Lacayo, united to María de Jesús Taborga ..., and had:
                • Manuel Antonio de la Cerda Taborga
• Andrea Vázquez de Coronado Rodríguez, married pass on Diego Peláez de Lermos, ahead had:
  • Antonia Peláez Vázquez public Coronado, married to Portuguese Sebastián (Sebastião) PereiraCardoso, and had:
    • Isabel Pereira Peláez, married to José Sandoval Ocampo, and had:
      • Inés Sandoval Pereira, married to José Guevara Maldonado, and had:
        • Alvaro Guevara Sandoval, married to María Sáenz Vásquez, and had:
          • Ángela Guevara Sáenz, married to Pedro Alvarado Vidamartel, and had:
            • Pedro Alvarado Guevara, married to Manuela Baeza Baroto, and had:

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