Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
| Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1510 Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile |
| Died |
unknown Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1536-? |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for |
Spanish conquest of the Muisca Foundation of Tunja Quest for El Dorado |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar |
| Children |
Elvira Camacho Zambrano María Zambrana de Cuéllar Juan Camacho Zambrano Juana Zambrana Anastasia Camacho Zambrano Isabel Camacho Sabidos y Zambrano Esteban Zambrana |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos (brother) |
| Notes | |
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - ?, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador who took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[1] He accompanied Gonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation of Tunja on August 6, 1539 and settled in the city.[3]
Biography
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was born in 1510 in the Extremaduran village Villafranca de los Barros with parents Juan Martin Camacho Savidos and Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana. He had a brother named Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos. Camacho Zambrano married Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar and the couple had seven children; two sons and five daughters.[2]
See also
List of conquistadors in Colombia
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Dorado
Tunja, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
References
- 1 2 (Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
- 1 2 (Spanish) Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano - Geni
- ↑ (Spanish) Cronología histórica - año 1539
Further reading
- Acosta, Joaquín. 1848. Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto - Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, 1-460. Beau Press. Accessed 2016-07-08.
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