Diego de Holguín (1486 – 1556) was a Spanish conquistador and the first mayor of San Salvador, serving from 1525 to 1528. He participated in the conquest of many nations in the Caribbean islands, Central America and Mexico, where he became famous for his courage.
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Diego de Holguín | |
|---|---|
| 1st Lieutenant Governor of San Salvador | |
| In office 1 April 1525 – 1 April 1528 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Alvarado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1486 Spain |
| Died | 1556 (aged 69–70) |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Spain |
| Battles/wars | Spanish colonization of the Americas |
Biography
editDiego de Holguín was born around 1486 in a Spanish town called Tona or Sona.[citation needed] He arrived in the Americas very young and settled in the Spanish colony in present day Dominican Republic in 1506.[citation needed] There, he participated in the foundation of the cities of Aragua, Puerto Real, and Ciudad de la Vega. [citation needed]
Holguín participated in the conquest of Guatemala and El Salvador under the command of Pedro de Alvarado. He was alderman of the municipality of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala. Along with Gonzalo de Alvarado, was one of the founders of the first settlement of San Salvador, next to a fortress Cuzcatlecos, and became its first mayor in April 1525, serving until April 1528.[1][2] The city he founded, now known as Ciudad Vieja, was later refounded in the location where San Salvador currently is located.[3]
Óscar Romero freeway was originally to be called Diego de Holguín.[citation needed]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ García Granados 1924, p. 10.
- ^ Arce & Antonio 2001, p. 118.
- ^ "Datos del Municipio" [Dates of the Municipality]. San Salvador.gob. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
Bibliography
edit- Arce, Escalante; Antonio, Pedro (2001). "Los Barrios de los Mexicanos en El Salvador" [The Mexican Neighborhoods in El Salvador]. Los Tlaxcaltecas en Centro América [The Tlaxcaltecas in Central America] (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San Salvador: Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos and the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte. pp. 115–137. OCLC 1036658730.
- García Granados, Jorge (1924). Libro Viejo de la Fundación de Guatemala y Papeles Relativos a D. Pedro de Alvarado [Old Book of the Foundation of Guatemala and Relative Papers to D. Pedro de Alvarado]. Biblioteca Goathemala de la Soc de Geografía y Historia; v. XII (in Spanish). Vol. 12. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tipografía Nacional (published July 1934). pp. 1–14. Retrieved 12 January 2022.