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One of the most relevant characters of Costa Rican history is without doubt Juan Vásquez de
Coronado, conqueror, first Governor and first Adelantado of Costa Rica. Despite his historical transcendency as one of the main builders of the nation, Vásquez de Coronado is one of the main genearchs of the
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in 1561 and finally in Costa Rica in 1562. In the country he distinguished himself for the pacific and fair way with which he executed the tasks of the conquest, being very respected and esteemed either by the
Indians and by the Spanish colonists. In 1565 he traveled to Spain where for his merits
184:(a hereditary title) of the province of Costa Rica, but his ship disappeared in a storm off the coast of southern Spain while he was on his way to receive his appointments from the monarch. He was married to Isabel, a niece of
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costarican population, to such a point that a widespread study evidences that he is the progenitor of a true elite, that which until 1975 has given 29 of its 44 Heads of State, and more than two hundred
Parliamentaries.
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Married to
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He and his wife had at least one son, Gonzalo Vázquez de
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of Costa Rica. However, in the return voyage to take possession of his charges, his ship disappeared in a
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Herrera, Federico Mata (Académico de Número de la
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Vázquez de
Coronado went very young to America, at only 17 years old, and established first in
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on 8 April 1565, Juan Vásquez de
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Hallazgos en la Ascendencia del Adelantado de Costa Rica Juan Vázquez de Coronado
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María Ocón y Trillo Vázquez de
Coronado, married to Diego Vásquez de Montiel, and had:
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Gertrudis Vázquez de Coronado y del Castillo, married to Pedro Ocón y Trillo, and had:
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Diego Vázquez de Coronado Rodríguez, married to Francisca del Castillo Hoces, and had:
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Andrea Vázquez de Coronado Rodríguez, married to Diego Peláez de Lermos, and had:
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Gabriel Lacayo Vázquez, married to Manuela Marenco Alarcón y Guerrero, and had:
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Diego Vázquez Ocón y Trillo, married to Sebastiana Echavarría Navarro, and had:
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Lorenzo Carazo Alvarado, married to María del Rosario Aranda Muñoz, and had:
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Cayetano de la Cerda Lacayo, married to María de Jesús Taborga ..., and had:
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granted him the charge of Governor of Costa Rica and the hereditary title of
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Francisca Lacayo Marenco, married to Blas de la Cerda Aguilar, and had:
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Inés Sandoval Pereira, married to José Guevara Maldonado, and had:
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Jacoba Alvarado Baeza, married to Francisco Carazo Soto, and had:
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Pedro Alvarado Guevara, married to Manuela Baeza Baroto, and had:
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Alvaro Guevara Sandoval, married to María Sáenz Vásquez, and had:
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of Coquilla in 1693 and posteriorly acquired by marriage the
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of Coquilla and la Torre de Juan Vásquez, perpetual
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8. Gonzalo Vázquez de Coronado y Rodríguez de Grado
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1877:Mayors of places in Guatemala
1685:Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
287:. Having issue, he passed to
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50:Juan Vázquez de Coronado
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16:Spanish conquistador
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780:10. Juan de Luján,
29:Vázquez de Coronado
1816:Indian auxiliaries
1755:Nikolaus Federmann
1720:Pánfilo de Narváez
1710:Juan Ponce de León
1529:Strait of Magellan
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