Esteban Alegre
| Esteban Alegre | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c.1550 Asunción, Paraguay |
| Died |
c.1600 Corrientes, Argentina |
| Nationality | Paraguayan |
| Occupation | Landowner |
Esteban Alegre (born-16th century) was a Spanish Creole landowner and conquistador. He was one of the neighbors founders of Buenos Aires[1] and Corrientes.[2]
Biography
Alegre was born in Asunción, son of Luis Alegre and his second wife Catalina de Lis, daughter of Dionis de Lys, a conqueror born in born in Flanders. He arrived in Buenos Aires as a member of the contingent led by Juan de Garay, for the second foundation of the city in 1580.[3]
The same year of the foundation, Alegre received 3000 varas of land located in border of Riachuelo, (La Matanza).[4] In 1582, he received encomienda of the tribe Alacas (of Guaraní origen) commanded by the cacique Suguna.[5]
Esteban Alegre was married to Isabel de Pantoja,[6] daughter of Isabel Pantoja and Esteban de Vallejos, a Spanish conquistador born in Somorrostro, and who served as Captain and regidor of Santa Fe for 1590s.[7]
References
- ↑ Contribución del Paraguay a la segunda fundación de Buenos Aires: ensayo histórico, by Rolando M. Riviere
- ↑ Hernandarias, fundador de Corrientes, G. Pesce
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
- ↑ Santa Fe la Vieja:, Academia Nacional de la Historia