Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano

Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
Born 1510
Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile
Died unknown
Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada
Nationality Castilian
Occupation Conquistador
Years active 1536-?
Employer Spanish Crown
Known for Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Foundation of Tunja
Quest for El Dorado
Religion Catholic
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
Parents
  • Juan Martin Camacho Savidos (father)
  • Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana (mother)
Relatives Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos (brother)
Notes

Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - ?, 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.[3]

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.[2]

See also

List of conquistadors in Colombia
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
El Dorado
Tunja, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón

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Further reading

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