Leonardo Gribeo

Leonardo Gribeo
Personal details
Born 1510s
Cagliari, Sardinia
Died 1580s
Asuncion, Paraguay
Nationality Italian
Occupation Conquistador
Profession Military

Leonardo Gribeo (16th Century) was an Italian conquistador, in service of the Spanish Crown. In 1536, was part of the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in the Río de la Plata.[1]

Biography

Gribeo was born in Cagliari.[2] His wife was Isabel, daughter of conquistador Manuel Martin.[3] Leonardo Gribeo was regidor, procurator and ombudsman of Asuncion during the Viceroyalty of Peru.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sergi, Jorge F. (1940). Historia de los italianos en la Argentina: los italianos y sus descendientes a través del descubrimiento de América y de la historia argentina [History of Italians in Argentina: The Italians and Their Descendants Throughout the Discovery of America and Argentine History]. p. 36.
  2. ↑ Petriella, Dionisio (1985). Los italianos en la historia del progreso argentino [The Italians in the History of Argentine Progress]. Asociación Dante Alighieri.
  3. ↑ de Ibáñez, Elsa Fehleisen (2006). Perfiles de Identidad: Las Fundadoras de la Raza Nueva: Una Estirpe Mujeril en la Cuenca Del Plata [Identity Profiles: The Founders of a New Race: A Womanly Kindred in the Río de la Plata Basin]. Ediciones Del Clé. p. 121.
  4. ↑ Machaín, Ricardo de Lafuente (1937). Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata [The Conquistadors of Río de la Plata]. p. 286.


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