Gonzalo Suárez Rendón

Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Tomb of Suárez Rendón in the Cathedral of Tunja
Born	~1503 Málaga, Castile
Died	1590 (or 1583) Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada
Burial place	Cathedral of Tunja
Monuments	Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Residence	Tunja
Nationality	Castilian
Occupation	Conquistador
Years active	1536-1539
Employer	Spanish Crown
Known for	Spanish conquest of the Muisca Founder of Tunja
Religion	Catholic
Spouse(s)	Mencia de Figueroa y Godoy
Children	2 sons: Nicolas & Miguel Suárez de Figueroa 2 daughters: Isabel de Godoy & María de la Trinidad Suárez de Figueroa
Parents	Rodrigo Suárez Rendón de Jerez (father) Isabel Jiménez Suárez (mother)
Relatives	Rodrigo Sabariego Suárez Rendón (brother) María Suárez Rendón (sister)
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Gonzalo Suárez Rendón (ca. 1503, Málaga, Castile - 1590 (or 1583),^[2] Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador, known as the founder of the capital of Boyacá; Tunja. He took part in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and later under his brother Hernán Pérez de Quesada. On August 6, 1539, he founded Tunja, the former seat of the zaque of Hunza, as Tunja was called in the time of the Muisca.^[1]

Biography

Gonzalo Suárez Rendón was born around 1503 in the Andalusian city of Málaga with parents Rodrigo Suárez Rendón de Jerez and Isabel Jiménez, or Ximénez, Suárez. He had one brother and one sister; Rodrigo Sabariego Suárez Rendón and María Suárez Rendón. He married Mencia de Figueroa y Godoy in 1563 and the couple got four children; two sons and two daughters.^[2]^[3]

Together with Hernán Pérez de Quesada and Gonzalo García Zorro, Suárez Rendón was one of the torturers of the last zipa Sagipa.^[4]

House in Tunja

The house built by Gonzalo Suárez Rendón (Casa del Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón) between August 7, 1539, the day after the foundation of Tunja, and 1570, still exists as oldest colonial building of Tunja and only remaining house of a colonial city founder in Latin America, and is a museum since 1965.^[5]

Gallery

Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón on the Plaza Bolívar in Tunja
Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón

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References

1 2 (Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada - Banco de la República
1 2 3 (Spanish) Biography Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
↑ (Spanish) Gonzalo Suárez Rendón - Geni
↑ Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.84
↑ (Spanish) Casa Gonzalo Suárez Rendón

Bibliography

Rodríguez Freyle, Juan, and Darío Achury Valenzuela. 1979 (1859) (1638). El Carnero - Conquista i descubrimiento del nuevo reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar oceano, i fundacion de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, 1-598. Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. Accessed 2016-11-21.

Muisca

Geography	Ocetá Páramo Altiplano Cundiboyacense Bogotá savanna river wetlands Tenza Valley Flora & fauna

History	Prehistory (<10,000 BP) Lithic (10,000 - 2800 BP) El Abra Tibitó Tequendama P. del Tunjo Checua Aguazuque Lake Herrera El Infiernito Herrera (800 BC - 800) Confederation (~1450 - 1540)

Conquest	List of conquistadors Gonzalo de Quesada Hernán de Quesada Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Juan de Céspedes Baltasar Maldonado Juan de San Martín Lázaro Fonte Miguel Holguín y Figueroa Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela Ortún Velázquez de Velasco Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano Gonzalo Macías Luis Lanchero Martín Galeano Conquest of the Chibchan Nations

Topics	Agriculture Architecture Art Astronomy Calendar Cuisine Chicha Economy Mummies Music Muysccubun Duit Numerals Toponyms Myths El Dorado Raft Religion Tunjo Tejo Warfare Battles of Pasca (~1470) Chocontá (~1490) Women Zoratama The Salt People Zipaquirá Nemocón Tausa

Deities	Chiminigagua Bachué Chía Sué Bochica Huitaca Chibchacum Cuchavira Nencatacoa Chaquén Chibafruime Guahaioque

Sacred sites	Built Sun Temple Moon Temple Cojines del Zaque Goranchacha Temple Hunzahúa Well Natural Fúquene Guatavita Iguaque Siecha Suesca Tota Monster Tequendama Falls

Northern rulers	zaque of Hunza Hunzahúa Michuá Quemuenchatocha Aquiminzaque iraca of Sugamuxi Nompanim Sugamuxi tundama of Tundama

Southern rulers	zipa of Bacatá Meicuchuca Saguamanchica Nemequene Tisquesusa Sagipa cacique of Turmequé Diego de Torres y Moyachoque

Neighbours	Chibcha-speaking U'wa Sutagao Guane Lache Arawak-speaking Achagua Tegua Guayupe Cariban-speaking Panche Muzo Yarigui

Research and collections	List of scholars Acosta De Aguado Arango Broadbent De Castellanos Celis Correal Duquesne Freyle Friede Gamboa Groot Hammen Humboldt Izquierdo Langebaek De Lugo Ocampo De Piedrahita De Quesada Reichel-Dolmatoff Schrimpff Simón Triana Uricoechea Zerda Research institutes Publications El Carnero Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias‎ Musea Museo del Oro Sogamoso Pasca

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