Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez

Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez was a Spanish conquistador and cousin of Pedro de Alvarado and accompanied him on his first campaign in Guatemala. In 1525 he was appointed chief constable of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, the new capital (modern Tecpán Guatemala). He married Isabel, a daughter of Jorge de Alvarado, his cousin. It is not known when he died.[1]

Family
Main article: Alvarado family

References
  1. Restall, Matthew; Asselbergs, Florine (2007). Invading Guatemala : Spanish, Nahua, and Maya accounts of the conquest wars. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-271-02758-6. OCLC 165478850.
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