Luis Alegre
Luis de Alegre | |
|---|---|
| Expedicionario at the service of the Spanish Empire | |
| Monarchs | Charles V Philip II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Plesier c. 1510 |
| Died | 1573 |
| Occupation | Conqueror, explorer, encomendero |
| Profession | Artilleryman, sailor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Spanish Empire |
| Branch/service | Spanish Navy |
Years of service | 1530 – c. 1570 |
Luis Alegre (c. 1510 – 1573) was a Flemish soldier of the Spanish monarchy, who was a conquistador and expeditionary of the Río de la Plata and Paraguay.[1]
Biography
He arrived at the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in 1534,[2] and later to Asunción, aboard the ship "La Marañona" in 1538. He changed his original last name "Plesier" to Alegre,[3] and attended the election of Domingo Martinez de Irala as Lieutenant Governor of Paraguay in 1539.[4] He had an active participation in the Conquest of Paraguay, receiving parcels of land, in addition to the distributions of various indigenous tribes as encomiendas for their services to the Crown.[5]
His first wife was Magdalena Testanova, daughter of Blas Testanova, the first doctor of the Río de la Plata.[6] His second was Catalina Lys, daughter of Flemish conquistador Dionis de Lys, with whom he had a son, Esteban Alegre.[7]
References
- ↑ Colección de Documentos Sobre Los Conquistadores y Pobladores Del Río de La Plata, by Jorge F. Lima González Bonorino, Hernán Carlos Lux-Wurm, 2001, ISBN 9789879768822
- ↑ En los deltas de la memoria: Bélgica y Argentina en los siglos XIX y XX, by Bart de Groof, 1998, ISBN 9789061868606
- ↑ Los pobladores de Buenos Aires y su descendencia, Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson, 1980
- ↑ Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, by Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín, 1943
- ↑ Historia social de Paraguay, 1600-1650, José Luis Mora Mérida, 1973, ISBN 9788400039080
- ↑ Opere complete: XI: Recensioni di libri (1950-1959), by Bruno Leoni, 27 May 2013, ISBN 9788864400617
- ↑ Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992, 1992