Luis de Alegre | |
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Expedicionario at the service of the Spanish Empire | |
Monarchs |
Charles V Philip II |
Personal details | |
Born | Louis Plesier c. 1510 Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
Died | 1573 Asuncion, Viceroyalty of Peru |
Nationality | Flemish |
Occupation | Conqueror explorer encomendero |
Profession |
Artilleryman sailor |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Spanish Navy |
Years of service | 1530-c.1570 |
Luis Alegre (c. 1510 – 1573) was a Flemish soldier, in the service of the Spanish Crown, who served as conquistador and expeditionary of the Río de la Plata and Paraguay. [1]
He arrived at the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in 1534, [2] and later to Asunción, aboard the ship "La Marañona" in 1538. He changed his original last name "Plesier" to Alegre, [3] and attended the election of Domingo Martinez de Irala as Lieutenant Governor of Paraguay in 1539. [4] He had an active participation in the Conquest of Paraguay, receiving parcels of land, in addition to the distributions of various indigenous tribes as encomiendas for their services to the Crown. [5]
He was married to Magdalena Testanova, daughter of Blas Testanova, the first doctor of the Río de la Plata. [6] He remarriage with Catalina Lys, daughter of flemish conquistador Dionis de Lys. They had a son named Esteban Alegre, a neighbor founder of Corrientes and Buenos Aires. [7]
His last name is very common in Paraguay, and the Argentine coastal area, but a distinguished line can be drawn through Captain Casimiro Alegre, a military man with a long career during the colonial and post-colonial period of Buenos Aires. [8]
Luis de Alegre | |
---|---|
Expedicionario at the service of the Spanish Empire | |
Monarchs |
Charles V Philip II |
Personal details | |
Born | Louis Plesier c. 1510 Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
Died | 1573 Asuncion, Viceroyalty of Peru |
Nationality | Flemish |
Occupation | Conqueror explorer encomendero |
Profession |
Artilleryman sailor |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Spanish Navy |
Years of service | 1530-c.1570 |
Luis Alegre (c. 1510 – 1573) was a Flemish soldier, in the service of the Spanish Crown, who served as conquistador and expeditionary of the Río de la Plata and Paraguay. [1]
He arrived at the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in 1534, [2] and later to Asunción, aboard the ship "La Marañona" in 1538. He changed his original last name "Plesier" to Alegre, [3] and attended the election of Domingo Martinez de Irala as Lieutenant Governor of Paraguay in 1539. [4] He had an active participation in the Conquest of Paraguay, receiving parcels of land, in addition to the distributions of various indigenous tribes as encomiendas for their services to the Crown. [5]
He was married to Magdalena Testanova, daughter of Blas Testanova, the first doctor of the Río de la Plata. [6] He remarriage with Catalina Lys, daughter of flemish conquistador Dionis de Lys. They had a son named Esteban Alegre, a neighbor founder of Corrientes and Buenos Aires. [7]
His last name is very common in Paraguay, and the Argentine coastal area, but a distinguished line can be drawn through Captain Casimiro Alegre, a military man with a long career during the colonial and post-colonial period of Buenos Aires. [8]