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Gonzalo Macías ( 1509,
Calamonte Calamonte is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto N ...
, Extremadura, Castile – ?, Tunja,
New Kingdom of Granada The New Kingdom of Granada ( es, Nuevo Reino de Granada), or Kingdom of the New Granada, was the name given to a group of 16th-century Spanish colonial provinces in northern South America governed by the president of the Royal Audience of Santa ...
) was a Spanish
conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...
who participated in the expedition from
Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...
into the
Muisca Confederation The Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers (''zaques'', ''zipas'', '' iraca'', and ''tundama'') in the central Andean highlands of present-day Colombia before the Spanish conquest of northern South America. The ...
that was led by
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (;1496 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory named ...
from 1536 to 1538. He settled in Tunja, formerly called Hunza, as seat of the '' zaque''.List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
- Banco de la República


Personal life

Gonzalo Macías was born around 1509 in the Extremaduran town of
Calamonte Calamonte is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto N ...
. He married Juana Moreno de Figueroa, who was also from Calamonte, and the couple had two daughters, Leonor and Juana Macías de Figueroa.Gonzalo Macías
- GeniRodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.173 His daughter Leonor Macías de Figueroa married conquistador Pedro Luis de Sanabria, who was active in the conquest of Venezuela under
Jerónimo de Ortal Jerónimo de Ortal, often Jerónimo (or Hierónimo) Dortal (b. c. 1500 in Spain; † after 1541 in Santo Domingo) was a Spanish conquistador and the first duly appointed governor of the Province of Paria. Exploration of the Rio Orinoco Jerón ...
, and also served under Sebastián de Belalcázar in Ecuador and southern Colombia.Pedro Luis de Sanabria
- Geni Juana married Francisco Salguero with whom she founded the
Santa Clara Monastery Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...
in Tunja in 1573, the first clarissan monastery for nuns in the Americas.Juana Macías de Figueroa
- Geni


See also

* List of conquistadors in Colombia *
Spanish conquest of the Muisca The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540. The Muisca were the inhabitants of the central Andean highlands of Colombia before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. They were organised in a loose confederation of differe ...
* ''
El Dorado El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...
'' * Tunja,
Hernán Pérez de Quesada Hernán Pérez de Quesada, sometimes spelled as Quezada, (c. 1515 – 1544) was a Spanish conquistador. Second in command of the army of his elder brother, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Hernán was part of the first European expedition towar ...
*
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, (;1496 16 February 1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory named ...
, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macias, Gonzalo Year of birth uncertain Year of death unknown 16th-century Spanish people 16th-century explorers Spanish conquistadors Extremaduran conquistadors History of the Muisca History of Colombia Tunja