Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras (born c.1480

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, Spaindied

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1540 or 1541) was a

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, brother of the more famous

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.Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books,

Biography and family

Jorge de Alvarado was a native of Badajoz and son of Gómez de Alvarado y Mexía de Sandoval, born in Badajoz around 1480 and ''

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'' of Badajoz, Extremadura,

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,"Conquered Conquistadors", ''Florine G.L. Asselbergs'', First Edition, published 2004

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, Montijo and Cubillana, ''

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'' of

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, ''Trece'' of the

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, Lord of Castellanos, '' Maestresala'' of

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and General of the Frontier of Portugal, widower of Teresa Suárez de Moscoso y Figueroa, and second wife Leonor de Contreras y Gutiérrez de Trejo. Alvarado went to

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in 1510 with all his older brothers Pedro and

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and younger brothers

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, Hernando and Juan and their uncle Diego de Alvarado y Mexía de Sandoval. Jorge married a daughter of

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, the ruler of

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, as Pedro also did, probably to gain the support of Tlaxcalan troops.Restall & Asselbergs (2008, pp.19,79). She was

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with the Spanish name ''doña'' Lucía. They had a daughter, Francisca de Alvarado, who married the conquistador Francisco Xiron Manuel and had issue. He was one of the conquerors of Mexico and Guatemala along with his brother, and

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under him. In 1527 he founded the city of

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and the one of

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in 1528. Like his brother he also married twice, firstly to Francisca Girón and secondly in 1526 to Luisa de Estrada, certainly related to

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's wife, by whom he had a son Jorge de Alvarado y Estrada, born in México, who married Catalina de Villafañe y Carvajal, Mexican, daughter of

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, conqueror of Mexico, and wife Inés de Carvajal. Their son was Jorge de Alvarado y Villafañe, also born in Mexico,

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and

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and

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since 1587, also married twice, firstly to Brianda de Quiñones and secondly to Juana de Benavides, ''vecina'' of Guatemala, and had issue.

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