Miguel Holguín y Figueroa
| Miguel Holguín y Figueroa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1516 Cáceres, Castile |
| Died |
>1576 Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Other names | Miguel Holguín de Figueroa |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1535 - >1576 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for |
Spanish conquest of Venezuela Spanish conquest of the Muisca Quest for El Dorado |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Spouse(s) |
Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez |
| Children |
3 daughters: Inés de Cárcamo, Elvira de Holguín, María Maldonado de Holguín 1 son: Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques |
| Notes | |
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Miguel Holguín de Figueroa, (1516, Cáceres, Castile - >1576, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador. He took part in the expeditions of the conquest of the Chitarero, Motilon, U'wa and Lache led by Nikolaus Federmann.[1] Holguín y Figueroa later settled in Tunja, where he protested the bad deeds of Hernán Pérez de Quesada who governed Bogotá after the foundation and initial rule by his elder brother Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
Juan Rodríguez Freyle wrote about Miguel Holguín de Figueroa in his work El Carnero.[4]
Biography
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Holguín de Figueroa, was born in 1516 in Cáceres. He married twice, with Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco and Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez (or Bohórques), widow of Pedro Núñez de Cabrera.[2][3][4] With Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco he had two daughters; Inés de Cárcamo and Elvira de Holguín and with Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez a son and a daughter; Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques and María Maldonado de Holguín.[2][3] He is named in texts until 1576, while his year of death in Tunja is unknown.[1]
See also
List of conquistadors in Colombia
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Dorado
Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Nikolaus Federmann
References
- 1 2 3 (Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
- 1 2 3 (Spanish) Miguel Holguín de Figueroa - Geni
- 1 2 3 (Spanish) Miguel Holguín de Figueroa
- 1 2 Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.153
Bibliography
- Rodríguez Freyle, Juan, and Darío Achury Valenzuela. 1979 (1859) (1638). El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, 1-598. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. Accessed 2016-11-21.
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.