Alonso de Escobar y Cáceres (16th Century) was a Spanish military,

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and

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of Asuncion and

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Biography

Born in

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, was the son of Juan de Escobar. In 1555, the sergeant Escobar y Cáceres arrived to Paraguay, in the army of Juan de Sanabria. Alonso de Escobar y Cáceres had a natural son Alonso de Escobar (Regidor of Buenos Aires).

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1500s births 1500s deaths 16th-century Spanish explorers People from Asunción Spanish colonial governors and administrators {{spain-bio-stub