Martín_Galeano

Martín Galeano

Martín Galeano

Spanish conquistador

Martín Galeano (?, Valencia del Mombuey, Badajoz, Spain - ?, Vélez, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador of Genovese descent who is known as the founder of the towns of Vélez, Oiba and Charalá in Santander, Colombia. He took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After the foundation of Bogotá, he was sent northwards into Guane territories.[1]

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Biography

Martín Galeano was born in Valencia del Mombuey, Badajoz or Genoa and had one brother, Pedro Galeano, and one sister, Ángela Jiménez Galeano. He married twice: with an unnamed woman; and with Isabel Juan de Meteller, formerly married to Pedro Ortuño Royo. With the unnamed woman, Galeano had one daughter; Marina, or Martina, Galeano, who became an encomendera.[2][3][4]

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  • Coat of arms of Vélez, Santander

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
  2. [2]
    (in Spanish) Martín Galeano - Geni
  3. [3]
    Unnamed wife of Martín Galeano - Geni
  4. [4]
    Isabel Juan de Meteller - Geni
  5. [5]
    Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.144
  6. [6]
    (in Spanish) Official website Vélez Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    (in Spanish) Fundaciones de ciudades y poblaciones - Banco de la República
  8. [8]
    (in Spanish) Official website Charalá Archived 2015-06-05 at archive.today

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