Luis Alegre
| Luis Alegre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Louis Allegre 16th century Flanders, Belgium |
| Died |
16th century Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Nationality |
 Flemish |
| Occupation | Explorer |
| Profession | Artilleryman |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Luis Alegre (1510s-1570s) was a flemish soldier, expeditionary and conquistador of Buenos Aires and Paraguay.[1]
Biography
Luis Alegre was born in Flanders, in 1534 he arrived at the Río de la Plata with the adelantado, Pedro de Mendoza.[2] In 1538 Alegre moved to Asunción, aboard the ship "La Marañona", and attended the election of Domingo Martinez de Irala as Lieutenant Governor.[3]
In Paraguay Alegre was married to Magdalena Testanova, possible daughter of Genoese doctor Blas Testanova.[4] Alegre remarriage with Catalina, daughter of flemish Dionis de Lys. They had a son named Esteban Alegre.[5]
References
- ↑ Colección de Documentos Sobre Los Conquistadores y Pobladores Del Río de La Plata, by Jorge F. Lima González Bonorino, Hernán Carlos Lux-Wurm
- ↑ En los deltas de la memoria: Bélgica y Argentina en los siglos XIX y XX, by Bart de Groof
- ↑ Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, by Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín
- ↑ Opere complete: XI: Recensioni di libri (1950-1959), by Bruno Leoni
- ↑ Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992
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