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Alonso de Mendoza
Alonso de Mendoza | |
|---|---|
 Mendoza on a Bolivian stamp | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1471 or 1476 Garrovillas de Alconétar, Spain |
| Died | 26 June 1549 (age about 75) Tipuani, Bolivia |
| Nationality | Spaniard |
Alonso de Mendoza (c. 1471/76 – 26 June 1549)[1] was a Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz. He was appointed by Pedro de la Gasca, the "Peacemaker," to found the city to commemorate the peace in the Peruvian colonies after the defeat of the Pizarro brothers.
- ^ Martín, Cándido Serradilla; Nieto, Dionisio Á Martín; Caballero, Santiago Molano (2015). "Los hermanos Alonso de Mendoza y Juan de Ávalos (Fundadores de la Paz y Santiago de Chile), nacidos en Garrovillas de Alconétar". Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 71 (3): 1891–1948.
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