administrator of the government
Alonso Fernández de Lugo.
Andalusian military man and administrator
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About Alonso Fernández de Lugo
Alonso Fernández de Lugo was a Spanish conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma (1492–1493) and Tenerife (1494–1496) for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the Canary Islands to be conquered by Europeans. He was also the founder of the towns of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Santa Cruz de La Palma. One biographer has written that his personality was a “terrible mixture of cruelty and ambition or greed, on one part, and on the other a great capacity and sense for imposing order and government on conquered lands,” a trait found in the conquistadors of the New World.
Everything about Alonso Fernández de Lugo →- Occupation
- administrator of the government, military officer
- Born
- 1456
- Died
- May 20, 1525