Juan Godíñez

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Juan Godíñez (? -?) Conquistador Juan Godínez, encomendero of Choapa. Served with Pedro de Valdivia in the Conquest of Chile. He was a regidor of Santiago, Chile in 1550. [1]

Captain of cavalry during the campaign against Lautaro in 1556 where his company after the Battle of Peteroa pursued the retreating Mapuche and destroyed a detachment of Lautaro's army near the Maule River[2]. In 1557 his command defending Santiago joined that of the Governor Francisco de Villagra to destroy Lautaro's army in the Battle of Mataquito. [3]

His mestiza daughter, Leonor Godínez, married Don Juan Hurtado, notary public of Serena and Santiago[4].

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  1. ^ Diego Barros Arana, Historia general de Chile, Tomo primero, Note 490
  2. ^ Medina, Colección de documentos inéditos, Vols. 6-7, Información de senidos de Alonso López de la Eaigada
  3. ^ Lobera, Crónica del Reino de Chile, Capítulo LV: De la batalla que el general Francisco de Villagrán y los capitanes Alonso de Escobar y Juan Gudines dieron a Lautaro, donde perdió la vida, en el valle de Mataquito
  4. ^ History of Illapel


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