Esteban Alegre
| Esteban Alegre | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1550s Asunción, Paraguay |
| Died |
1600s Corrientes, Argentina |
| Nationality | Paraguayan |
| Occupation | Landowner |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Esteban Alegre (born-16th century) was a Criollo landowner and conquistador, was one of the neighbors founders of Buenos Aires.[1]
Biography
Alegre was born in Asunción, he arrived with the delegation led by Juan de Garay, for the second foundation of Buenos Aires in 1580.[2] The same year of the foundation, Alegre received 3000 varas of land located in border of Riachuelo, (La Matanza).[3] In 1582, had received encomienda of the tribe Alacas (of Guaraní origen) commanded by the cacique Suguna.[4]
Esteban was the son of Luis Alegre and his second wife Catalina de Lis, daughter of Dionis de Lys (conquistador born in Flanders).
References
- ↑ Contribución del Paraguay a la segunda fundación de Buenos Aires: ensayo histórico, by Rolando M. Riviere
- ↑ Las Calles de Buenos Aires: Sus Nombres Desde la Fundación Hasta Nuestros Días, Instituto Histórico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
- ↑ Coleccion completa de los tratados, Volume 11, by Carlos Calov
- ↑ Poblaciones pre y posthispánicas de Mendoza: Genealogias aborigenes, by Carlos Rusconi
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