Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano | |
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| Born | 1510 |
| Died | >1583 |
| Occupations | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1536-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for | Spanish conquest of the Muisca Co-founder of Tunja Quest forEl Dorado |
| Spouse | 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 |
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| Relatives | Juan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother) Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law) |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
| In office 1583–1583 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco de Velandia & Alonso de Carvajal |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Paredes Calderón & Pedro Núñez Cabrera |
| Notes | |
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510,Villafranca de los Barros,Extremadura,Castile - after 1583,Tunja,New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanishconquistador who took part in the expedition of theSpanish conquest of the Muisca led byGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[1] He accompaniedGonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation ofTunja on August 6, 1539, and settled in the city.[4] In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano wasmayor of Tunja together with Francisco de Avendaño.[3]
Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was born in 1510 in theExtremaduran villageVillafranca 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] Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistadorPedro Ruíz Corredor.[5]
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