Alonso de Mendoza

Alonso de Mendoza
Alonso de Mendoza
	Mendoza on a Bolivian stamp
Personal details
Born	c. 1471 or 1476; Garrovillas de Alconétar, Spain
Died	26 June 1549 (age about 75); Tipuani, Bolivia
Nationality	Spaniard

Alonso de Mendoza (c. 1471/76 – 26 June 1549)^[1] was a Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz. He was appointed by Pedro de la Gasca, the "Peacemaker," to found the city to commemorate the peace in the Peruvian colonies after the defeat of the Pizarro brothers.

^ Martín, Cándido Serradilla; Nieto, Dionisio Á Martín; Caballero, Santiago Molano (2015). "Los hermanos Alonso de Mendoza y Juan de Ávalos (Fundadores de la Paz y Santiago de Chile), nacidos en Garrovillas de Alconétar". Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 71 (3): 1891–1948.

[1] Martín, Cándido Serradilla; Nieto, Dionisio Á Martín; Caballero, Santiago Molano (2015). "Los hermanos Alonso de Mendoza y Juan de Ávalos (Fundadores de la Paz y Santiago de Chile), nacidos en Garrovillas de Alconétar". Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 71 (3): 1891–1948.

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