Luis Alegre

Luis Alegre (c. 1510-1570s) 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 Alegre
Coat of Arms belonging to the surname Allégre
Conquistador at the service of the Spanish Empire
MonarchCharles V
Personal details
Born
Louis D'Allégre

c. 1510
Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Died1570s
Asuncion, Viceroyalty of Peru
NationalityFlemish
OccupationConqueror
explorer
ProfessionArtilleryman
sailor
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Branch/serviceSpanish Navy
Years of service1530-c.1570

Alegre was born in the County of Flanders, belonging to a family of Franco-Flemish roots.[2] In 1534 he arrived at the Río de la Plata with the adelantado, Pedro de Mendoza.[3] In 1538, Luis Alegre moved to Asunción, aboard the ship "La Marañona", and attended the election of Domingo Martinez de Irala as Lieutenant Governor.[4]

He was married to Magdalena Testanova, possible daughter of Blas Testanova, the first doctor of the Río de la Plata.[5] 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.[6]

References
  1. Colección de Documentos Sobre Los Conquistadores y Pobladores Del Río de La Plata, by Jorge F. Lima González Bonorino, Hernán Carlos Lux-Wurm
  2. Une famille les d'Alègre, Émile-Paul
  3. En los deltas de la memoria: Bélgica y Argentina en los siglos XIX y XX, by Bart de Groof
  4. Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, by Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín
  5. Opere complete: XI: Recensioni di libri (1950-1959), by Bruno Leoni
  6. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992
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