Esteban Alegre (c. 1550 c. 1620) was a Spanish
Creole landowner and conquistador. He was one of the
neighbors founders of Buenos Aires and
Corrientes.
Biography
He was born in
Asunción, and arrived in
Buenos Aires as a member of the contingent led by
Juan de Garay, for the second foundation of the city in 1580.
The same year of the foundation, Esteban Alegre received 3000 varas of land located on the border of
Riachuelo, (
La Matanza). In 1582, he received
encomienda
The ''encomienda'' () was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military ...
of the tribe Alacas (of
Guaraní origen) commanded by the
cacique
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; feminine form: ''cacica'') was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, the indigenous inhabitants at European contact of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The term is a Spa ...
Suguna.
Esteban Alegre was married to Isabel de Pantoja, daughter of Isabel Pantoja and Esteban de Vallejos, a Spanish conquistador born in
Somorrostro, and who served as Captain and regidor of
Santa Fe for 1590s.
His ancestors were
Luis Alegre
Luis Alegre (c. 1510 – 1573) was a Flemish soldier, in the service of the Spanish Crown, who served as conquistador and expeditionary of the Río de la Plata and Paraguay.
Biography
He arrived at the Río de la Plata in the expedition of ...
and
Dionis de Lys, conquerors from
Flanders.
References
External links
cervantes virtual.com
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16th-century explorers
Explorers of Argentina
People from Asunción
People from Buenos Aires
Spanish people of Flemish descent
Spanish conquistadors
1550s births
1620s deaths