Hernán Venegas Carrillo Manosalvas (c.1513 – 2 February 1583)[2] was a Spanish conquistador for who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca and Panche people in the New Kingdom of Granada, present-day Colombia. Venegas Carrillo was mayor of Santa Fe de Bogotá for two terms; in 1542 and from 1543 to 1544.
Hernán Venegas Carrillo | |
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| Born | c.1513 |
| Died | February 2, 1583 |
| Burial place | Cathedral of Bogotá 4°35′52.64″N 74°04′30.86″W / 4.5979556°N 74.0752389°W |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Occupations | Conquistador |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Conquest of the Muisca Conquest of the Panche Foundation of Bituima Foundation of Apulo Foundation of Tocaima Mayor of Bogotá |
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| Children | María, Alonso, Isabel, Fernán Venegas Maria Venegas Carrillo Ponce de León Alonso, Pedro, Luis, Francisco, Juana, Isabel, Inés Venegas Ponce de León |
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| Family | Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela (cousin) |
| Encomendero of Bogotá | |
| In office 1542–1542 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Díaz Hidalgo |
| Succeeded by | Juan de Céspedes |
| In office 1543–1544 | |
| Preceded by | Juan de Céspedes |
| Succeeded by | Juan Ruiz de Orejuela |
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Personal life
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Venegas Carrillo was born in Córdoba, Andalusia, around 1513. His parents were Diego Ruiz Venegas Manosalvas and Inés Venegas.[1][2] Venegas Carrillo was married twice, first to Magdalena of Guatavita, the sister of Sagipa (also named Zaquezazipa), the last Muisca zipa.[4] This was one of the first mestizo marriages conducted in the New Kingdom of Granada. With her Venegas Carrillo had four children: María, Alonso, Isabel and Fernán Venegas.[5] After the death of his Muisca wife, Venegas Carrillo married Juana Ponce de León and had eight more children with her: Maria, Alonso, Pedro, Luis, Francisco, Juana, Isabel and Inés Venegas Ponce de León.[1] His daughter Maria Venegas Carrillo Ponce de León died in Pamplona, Norte de Santander.[3] Alonso, his son with Magdalena de Guatavita, killed fellow conquistador Gonzalo García Zorro in a duel in 1566. Conquistador Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela was his cousin.[6]
Biography
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Hernán Venegas Carrillo embarked on a ship sailing from Seville, Spain to the New World, probably in 1533, in the company of Juan del Junco.[7] He was one of the conquistadors who participated in the expedition from Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast to the Muisca Confederation on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense.[8]
In 1541, Venegas Carrillo received ownership of the encomiendas of Guatavita, Gachetá, Chipaleque, Pausa, Tuala, Tuaquira, Suba, Tocancipá, Gachancipá, Gachacá, Unta, Turmequé and Itencipá.[2] In 1542 and from 1543 to 1544, Hernán Venegas Carrillo was mayor, at that time called encomendero, of Bogotá. Between the two terms, the post was filled by Juan de Céspedes.[9][10]
On March 20, 1544, Venegas Carrillo founded the town of Tocaima.[11] He had been sent east by Alonso Luis de Lugo.[12] Tocaima became one of the richest cities in the New Kingdom of Granada.[13]
In 1547, Venegas Carrillo was sent to Spain and returned the next year.[1] He made several further voyages back to Europe and during one of them he married Juana Ponce de León y Figueroa, daughter of the governor of Venezuela Pedro Ponce de León. His wife accompanied Venegas Carrillo to Bogotá in 1569. Hernán Venegas Carrillo died on February 2, 1583, in Bogotá and is buried in the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá, located at the Bolívar Square in the centre of the Colombian capital. Various of his many children became the encomenderos of Guatavita, Gachetá, Chipasaque (today Junín), Tausa, Suba and Gachancipá.[13]
Conquests of Hernán Venegas Carrillo
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Department | Date | Year | Notes | Map |
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| Bituima | Cundinamarca | 15 August | 1543 | [14] |  |
| Chaguaní | Cundinamarca | 1543 | [15] |  | |
| Apulo | Cundinamarca | 5 January | 1544 | [16] |  |
| Tocaima | Cundinamarca | 20 March | 1544 | [17] |  |
Trivia
edit- A school founded in 1958 in Tocaima, is named after Hernán Venegas Carrillo[18]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Hernán Venegas Carrillo – Geni
- ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Hernán Venegas Carrillo Archived 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Hernán Venegas Carrillo[usurped]
- ^ Zaquezazipa – Geni
- ^ (in Spanish) Periplo atlántico del cromosoma "Y" de Hernán Venegas Carrillo Manosalbas
- ^ (in Spanish) Gonzalo García Zorro – Banco de la República – Soledad Acosta Samper
- ^ Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.75
- ^ (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine – Banco de la República
- ^ (in Spanish) En busca de sangre azul – Semana
- ^ (in Spanish) List of mayors of Bogotá – 1538–1599
- ^ (in Spanish) Guachetá y Tocaima son las más antiguas – El Tiempo
- ^ (in Spanish) Las tradiciones de Tocaima – Banco de la República
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Hernán Venegas Carrillo – Banco de la República – Soledad Acosta de Samper
- ^ (in Spanish) Official website Bituima[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Spanish) Official website Chaguaní Archived 2015-05-16 at archive.today
- ^ (in Spanish) Official website Apulo[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Spanish) Official website Tocaima Archived 2014-03-10 at archive.today
- ^ (in Spanish) Colegio Hernán Venegas Carrillo celebra sus 55 años Archived 2017-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
edit- Rodríguez Freyle, Juan; Achury Valenzuela, Darío (1979) [1859 (1638)], El Carnero – Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota (in Spanish), Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch, pp. 1–592, ISBN 978-84-660-0025-3, retrieved 2017-02-07
Further reading
edit- Acosta, Joaquín (1848), Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada en el siglo décimo sexto – Historical overview of discovery and colonization of New Granada in the sixteenth century, Paris: Beau Press, pp. 1–460, OCLC 23030434, retrieved 2017-02-07
- Fernández de Piedrahita, Lucas (1688), "VI", Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reino de Granada (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-02-07
- Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo (1576), Memoria de los descubridores, que entraron conmigo a descubrir y conquistar el Reino de Granada (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-02-07
- Simón, Pedro (1892) [1626], Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias occidentales (1882–92) vol.1–5 (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-02-07