Tinerfe "the Great", legendary hero who was a
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*Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands
*Guanche language, an extinct Berber language, spoken by the Guanches until the 16th or 17th century
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mencey (aboriginal king) of the island of
Tenerife
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(
Canary Islands,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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). It is estimated that he lived at the end of the
14th century.
He was the son of mencey
Sunta, who ruled the island in the days before the conquest of the Canary Islands by
Castile. Tinerfe the Great lived in
Adeje
Adeje is a town and municipality in the southwestern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The town Adeje is located 4 km from the coast, 8 km north of the resort town ...
(like all his predecessors), approximately hundred years before the conquest of 1494.
Upon Tinerfe's death, his sons divided the island into nine kingdoms. At the time of the conquest the kings of these kingdoms were:
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Acaimo or Acaymo (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Tacoronte).
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Adjona: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Abona).
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Añaterve: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Güímar).
*
Bencomo: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Taoro).
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Beneharo: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Anaga).
*
Pelicar: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Icode).
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Pelinor: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Adeje).
*
Romen: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Daute).
*
Tegueste: (mencey (''king'') of
Menceyato de Tegueste).
In the toponymy of the island
The eighteenth-century historians
Juan Núñez de la Peña and
Tomás Arias Marín de Cubas, among others, state that the name of the island of Tenerife could come from Tinerfe.
El nombre de Tenerife. Joaquín Caridad Arias
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References
Bibliography
* Abreu y Galindo, J. de, ''Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Canarias'', en A. Cioranescu (ed) Goya ediciones, Tenerife, 1977 .
* Arias Marín de Cubas, T. ''Historia de las siete islas de Canaria'', edición de Ángel de Juan Casañas y María Régulo Rodríguez; proemio de Juan Régulo Pérez; notas arqueológicas de Julio Cuenca Sanabría. Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1986
* Bethencourt Alfonso, J. ''Historia del pueblo guanche: Tomo II. Etnografía y organización socio-política'', Francisco Lemus Ed. La Laguna, 1991 .
* Espinosa, Fray A. de, ''Historia de Nuestra Señora de Candelaria'', en A. Cioranescu (ed) Goya ediciones, santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1967 .
* Torriani The House of Della Torre (Torriani or Thurn) were an Italian noble family who rose to prominence in Lombardy during the 12th–14th centuries, until they held the lordship of Milan before being ousted by the Visconti.
History
The family origina ...
, L. ''Descripción e historia del reino de las Islas Canarias'', en A. Cioranescu (ed) Goya ediciones, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1978 {{ISBN, 84-7181-336-X.
* Viana, A. ''La Conquista de Tenerife'', en A. Cioranescu (ed) Aula de Cultura de Tenerife, Cabildo Insular, 1968-1971.
People from Tenerife
Military personnel killed in action
Guanche
Guanche people