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Miguel Holguín y Figueroa
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| Born | 1516 |
| Died | After 1576 Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada
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| Nationality | Castilian |
| Other names | Miguel Holguín de Figueroa |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1535-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of Venezuela Spanish conquest of the Muisca Quest for El Dorado |
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| Children | 3 daughters: Inés de Cárcamo, Elvira de Holguín, María Maldonado de Holguín 1 son: Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
| In office 1558–1558 |
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| Preceded by | Gregorio Suárez de Deza & Pedro García Ruiz. |
| Succeeded by | Diego Montañez & Pedro Vásquez de Loaiza |
| In office 1564–1564 |
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| Preceded by | Juan López |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Salguero & Hernando de Rojas |
| In office 1572–1572 |
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| Preceded by | Gómez de Cifuentes & Pedro Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Pedro García Ruiz & Diego de Partearroyo |
| In office 1576–1576 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro López Patiño de Haro & Juan Prieto Maldonado |
| Succeeded by | Hernando Mateos & Bachiller Pedro de Valdelomar |
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Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Miguel Holguín de Figueroa, (1516, Cáceres, Kingdom of Spain - after 1576, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador. He took part in the expeditions of conquest of the Chitarero, Motilon, U'wa and Lache peoples led by Nikolaus Federmann. Holguín y Figueroa later settled in Tunja, where he protested the rapacious activities of Hernán Pérez de Quesada, governor of Bogotá.
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa was chronicled by Juan Rodríguez Freyle in El Carnero.
Biography
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Holguín de Figueroa, was born in 1516 in Cáceres. He married twice: to Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco; and Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez (or Bohórques), widow of Pedro Núñez Cabrera. With Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco he had two daughters: Inés de Cárcamo and Elvira de Holguín; with Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez a son and a daughter: Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques and María Maldonado de Holguín. Miguel Holguín y Figueroa was mayor of Tunja for four terms; 1558, 1564, 1572 and 1576. He is named in texts until 1576, while his year of death in Tunja is unknown.
See also
In Spanish: Miguel Holguín y Figueroa para niños
- List of conquistadors in Colombia
- Spanish conquest of the Muisca
- El Dorado
- Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Nikolaus Federmann
