Amador Vaz de Alpoim
| Amador Vaz de Alpoim | |
|---|---|
 coat of arms of Alpoim | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1568 Azores, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died |
May 26, 1617 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru |
| Nationality |
 Portuguese |
| Spouse(s) | Margarita Cabral de Melo |
| Occupation |
Hacendado Trader |
| Profession | Fidalgo |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Amador Vaz de Alpoim (1568–1617) was a Portuguese nobleman, military,[1] colonizer and explorer of South America.[2] He owned a vineyard, bred cattle and was a trader. His sons were noted officials.
Biography
In mid-April of 1599 Amador Alpoim, his wife, Margarita, and their children arrived in Buenos Aires from their home in Rio de Janeiro, city where the family had lived for some years.[3] Alpoim and his wife were natives of Santa Maria Island, place where they had lived their parents and grandparents.
In 1604 the Captain Alpoim was part of the expedition organized by Hernando Arias de Saavedra in City of the Caesars.[4] During the exploration on the islas del Paraná, Alpoim saved the life of Hernandarias, when this fell from his horse, and was about to be killed by tribes Charruas.[5] In the early 1600s, Alpoim renounce their activities as slave-trader, to devote himself exclusively to his ranch, where he was engaged in raising cattle and wine production.[6]
Family and Ancestors
Amador was grandson of Estêvão Pires de Alpoim and Grimanesa Pires daughter of Pedro Vaz Marinheiro.[7] And descendant of Lopo de Alpoim and N Pinheiro, daughter of Álvaro Pires Pinheiro Lobo.[8]
The Alpoim family according to some sources they were descendants of Kings of England,[9] other versions indicated it as descendant of Henry II of Castile,[10] and the oldest version says it was descendant of Godofredo de Puy, son bastard of William I.[11] The fact is that Amador Báez de Alpoim was descendant of Portuguese and French nobles,[12] as Luís de Alpoim and Guilherme du Pui, born in Bordeaux.[13]
Alpoim was married on the island of Azores with Margarita Cabral de Melo, descendant of Martim Afonso de Melo and Briolanja de Sousa (direct descendant of Afonso III of Portugal).[14] They had several children, Matías Cabral de Melo (priets),[15] Amador (lieutenant governor),[16] Manuel (alcalde),[16] and Cristóbal Cabral (regidor).[17]
The Alpoim family had a farm in Monte Grande, were good traders, had vineyard and bred of cattle.[18]
References
- ↑ Don Diego Rodríguez Valdez y de la Banda, el tercer gobernador del Paraguay y Río de la Plata por S.M., después de la repoblación de Buenos Aires (1599-1600): ensayo biográfico, Ediciones de la Municipalidad, 1949
- ↑ Migrare: la formation des élites dans l'Hispanie romaine, Antonio Caballos Rufino, Ségolène Demougin
- ↑ Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday, Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989
- ↑ Los origenes de Montevideo: 1607-1749, by Luís Enrique Azarola Gil
- ↑ Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volúmenes 42-43, Academia Nacional de la Historia
- ↑ History of Agriculture, Volumes 1-2, International Association for the History of Agriculture, 1973
- ↑ Genealogía - Temas13-15, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
- ↑ Nobiliário de familias de Portugal, Volume 1, Manuel J. Felgueiras Gayo
- ↑ La Orden de la Merced en la Conquista Del Perú, Chile Y El Tucumán
- ↑ Revista Hidalguía número 174, 1982
- ↑ O Instituto - Volúmenes15-16, COIMBRA Imprensa da Universidade, 1872
- ↑ Juan Baltasar Maziel: el maestro de la generación de mayo, Imprenta López, 1946
- ↑ Agiologio dominico, vidas dos santos, beatos, martyres, 1761
- ↑ Actas, Volumen 2, Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Centro Universitario, 1992
- ↑ Santa Fe la Vieja: población y grupos familiares españoles, 1573-1660. Luis María Calvo.
- 1 2 Lecciones de historiografía de Corrientes, Volume 1, Gmo. Kraft, ltda., 1929
- ↑ Genealogía, Issue 13, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
- ↑ Litigios de antaño, by Raúl de Labougle