Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano facts for kids
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Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
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| Born | 1510 Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile
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| Died | >1583 Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada
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| Nationality | Castilian |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1536-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of the Muisca Co-founder of Tunja Quest for El Dorado |
| Spouse(s) | 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 |
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| Relatives | Juan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother) Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law) |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
| In office 1583–1583 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco de Velandia & Alonso de Carvajal |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Paredes Calderón & Pedro Núñez Cabrera |
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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. He accompanied Gonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation of Tunja on August 6, 1539 and settled in the city. In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was mayor of Tunja together with Francisco de Avendaño.
Biography
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. Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistador Pedro Ruíz Corredor.
See also
In Spanish: Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano para niños
- List of conquistadors in Colombia
- Spanish conquest of the Muisca
- El Dorado
- Tunja, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
