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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
de Mazariegos and the second or maternal family name is
Porres.
Diego de Mazariegos y Porres (
[1]
conquistador. He conquered
Chiapas in Mexico, and in 1528, together with
Andrés de la Tovilla, founded
San Cristóbal de las Casas (as Villa Real de Chiapa de los Españoles) and
Chiapa de Corzo (as Villa Real de Chiapa de los Indios). He was the first
Lieutenant Governor of Chiapas from 1528 to 1529.
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Argentina,
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Charcas (Bolivia),
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