Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano

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Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
Born1510
Died>1583
NationalityCastilian
OccupationConquistador
Years active1536-1539
EmployerSpanish Crown
Known forSpanish conquest of the Muisca
Co-founder of Tunja
Quest for El Dorado
Spouse(s)Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar
ChildrenElvira Camacho Zambrano
María Zambrana de Cuéllar
Juan Camacho Zambrano
Juana Zambrana
Anastasia Camacho Zambrano
Isabel Camacho Sabidos y Zambrano
Esteban Zambrana
Parents
  • Juan Martín Camacho Savidos (father)
  • Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana (mother)
RelativesJuan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother)
Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law)
In office
1583–1583
Preceded byFrancisco de Velandia &
Alonso de Carvajal
Succeeded byDiego de Paredes Calderón &
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Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - after 1583, 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.[4] In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was together with Francisco de Avendaño.[3]

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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] Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistador Pedro Ruíz Corredor.[5]

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