Adjona, also written Adxoña or Atxoña was the

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mencey (king) of the Menceyato de Abona at the time of the conquest of

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in the fifteenth century. Adjona normally lived in

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, in the territory of Abona, although the historian Juan Bethencourt Alfonso indicates that mencey residence was located near the modern town of ''El Rio'', Arico. Adjona signed peace in 1490 with the governor of

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, Pedro de Vera, ratifying the agreement with

Alonso Fernández de Lugo Alonso Fernández de Lugo (; died 1525) was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma (1492–1493) and Tenerife (1494–1496) for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the C ...

in 1494 shortly after his first landing, attaching his menceyato to the ''bando de paces'' (peace party) during the conquest. After this, Adjona was brought to

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by Lugo to be presented to the

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La Conquista de Tenerife (1494-1496)
/ref> along with the rest of menceyes. As a mencey of the ''bando de paces'', he returned to Tenerife and integrated into the new society. He died before 1507.

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