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Ortún Velázquez de Velasco
Born c. 1500
Died 4 November 1584
Pamplona, Pamplona Province, New Kingdom of Granada
Nationality Castilian
Occupation Conquistador
Years active 1536–1584
Employer Spanish Crown
Known for Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Quest for El Dorado
Spouse(s) Luisa Montalvo de Lugo
Children 1 son: Juan Velásquez de Velasco y Montalvo
2 daughters: María Velázquez de Velasco y Montalvo, Magdalena Velázquez de Velazco
Parents
  • Gutierre Velázquez de Cuéllar (father)
  • María Enríquez de Acuña (mother)
Relatives Ana Velázquez (sister)
Mayor of Tunja
In office
1544–1544
Preceded by García Arias Maldonado &
Hernando de Beteta
Succeeded by Hernando de Escalante &
Sebastián de Almarcha
Notes
ProvinciaPamplona
Map of the Pamplona Province

Ortún Velázquez de Velasco (c. 1500, Cuéllar, Castile – 4 November 1584, Pamplona, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the co-founder and first governor of Pamplona in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia, which borders Venezuela.

American expeditions

Velázquez de Velasco took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada from 1536 to 1539. He then settled in Tunja under Gonzalo Suárez Rendón. He married there, was mayor of the city in 1544, and left in 1548. From 1549 he participated in the conquest of the Chitarero people and the foundation of Pamplona under Pedro de Ursúa.

Personal life

Ortún Velázquez de Velasco was born around 1500 in the town of Cuéllar, Segovia Province, Castile and León; the only son of Gutierre Velázquez de Cuéllar, lord of Villavaquerín, and María Enríquez de Acuña. He had one sister, Ana Velázquez. Velázquez de Velasco married Luisa Montalvo de Lugo in Tunja in 1545 and the couple had three children: one son and two daughters. María Velázquez de Velasco y Montalvo married conquistador Juan Maldonado Ordóñez.

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