Dionis de Lys

Dionis de Lys
Personal details
Born 1510s
Lys, County of Flanders
Died 1560s
Asunción, Paraguay
Nationality Flemish
Occupation Conquistador
Profession Soldier
Religion Catholicism

Dionis de Lys or Lis (born-16th century) was a Flemish conquistador, he attended the first foundation of Buenos Aires.[1]

Biography

Dionis was born in Flanders, the son of Johannes de Lys and Barboxa de Leys.[2] Lys had arrived in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza, together with a group of Flemish adventurers.[3]

Lys traveled to Asuncion, where he formed a family, a daughter Catalina was married to Luis Alegre, also born in Flanders.[4]

References

  1. Documentos relativos a la expedición de don Pedro de Mendoza y acontecimientos ocurridos en Buenos Aires desde 1536 a 1541, by Enrique Peña
  2. Colección de Documentos Sobre Los Conquistadores y Pobladores Del Río de La Plata, by Jorge F. Lima González Bonorino, Hernán Carlos Lux-Wurm
  3. Revista de la Biblioteca nacional, Volumen 6, Imprenta de la Biblioteca Nacional., 1942
  4. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Issue 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992


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