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]
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 |  Spanish Empire |
| Branch/service | Spanish Navy |
| Years of service | 1530-c.1570 |
Biography
editHe 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]
References
edit- ^ Colección de Documentos Sobre Los Conquistadores y Pobladores Del Río de La Plata, by Jorge F. Lima González Bonorino, Hernán Carlos Lux-Wurm, 2001, ISBN 9789879768822
- ^ En los deltas de la memoria: Bélgica y Argentina en los siglos XIX y XX, by Bart de Groof, 1998, ISBN 9789061868606
- ^ Los pobladores de Buenos Aires y su descendencia, Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson, 1980
- ^ Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, by Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín, 1943
- ^ Historia social de Paraguay, 1600-1650, José Luis Mora Mérida, 1973, ISBN 9788400039080
- ^ Opere complete: XI: Recensioni di libri (1950-1959), by Bruno Leoni, 27 May 2013, ISBN 9788864400617
- ^ Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992, 1992
- ^ Gaceta de Buenos Aires, Compañía sud-americana de billetes de banco, 1910, 1910