Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano | |
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Born | 1510 |
Died | >1583 |
Nationality | Castilian |
Occupations | Conquistador |
Years active | 1536-1539 |
Employer | Spanish Crown |
Known for |
Spanish conquest of the Muisca Co-founder of Tunja Quest for El Dorado |
Spouse | Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar |
Children | Elvira Camacho Zambrano María Zambrana de Cuéllar Juan Camacho Zambrano Juana Zambrana Anastasia Camacho Zambrano Isabel Camacho Sabidos y Zambrano Esteban Zambrana |
Parents |
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Relatives | Juan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother) Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law) |
Mayor of Tunja | |
In office 1583–1583 | |
Preceded by | Francisco de Velandia & Alonso de Carvajal |
Succeeded by | Diego de Paredes Calderón & Pedro Núñez Cabrera |
Notes | |
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - after 1583, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador who took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. [1] He accompanied Gonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation of Tunja on August 6, 1539 and settled in the city. [4] In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was mayor of Tunja together with Francisco de Avendaño. [3]
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was born in 1510 in the Extremaduran village Villafranca de los Barros with parents Juan Martin Camacho Savidos and Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana. He had a brother named Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos. Camacho Zambrano married Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar and the couple had seven children; two sons and five daughters. [2] Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistador Pedro Ruíz Corredor. [5]