Juan
de Cervantes
(c. 1510–64)
Biographical
Knight of Santiago (Spain)
Royal factor for Pánuco 1524–33
Alcalde ordinario of Mexico City 1564†
Encomendero of Ilamatlan 1532
Encomendero of Altehuecian 1532
Encomendero of Tamazunchale 1532
Encomendero of Cuautla (a share) until 1529
A Spanish conquistador, Cervantes arrived in New Spain in 1524. He became
a vecino of Mexico City, 1534.
Place of birth: Seville, Spain
Son of Gonzalo Gómez de Cervantes and Francisca de las Casuas, he married
Luisa de Lara y Andrada(1536), and had issue.
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