Alonso de Escobar y Cáceres
Personal details
Born16th century
Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain
Died16th century
Asuncion, Paraguay
OccupationGovernment
ProfessionMilitary

Alonso de Escobar y Cáceres (16th Century) was a Spanish military, Conquistador, Alcalde, Regidor and Lieutenant governor of Asuncion and Buenos Aires.[1]

Biography

Born in Extremadura, was the son of Juan de Escobar. In 1555, the sergeant Escobar y Cáceres arrived to Paraguay, in the army of Juan de Sanabria.[2] Alonso de Escobar y Cáceres had a natural son Alonso de Escobar (Regidor of Buenos Aires).[3]

References

  1. De dónde venimos (familias de Frías, Paz Figueroga, Molina, Pinto, etc.), Jorge H. Frías, 1956
  2. Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín, 1943
  3. Hernandarias: el hijo de la tierra, Raúl A. Molina, 1948


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