Pedro Gómez de Don Benito

Pedro Gómez de Don Benito (1492-1567) was a Spanish noblemen, conquistador of Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Chile.[1] Regidor and Alcalde of Santiago.[2]

Pedro Gómez de Don Benito
Personal details
Born1492
Don Benito, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Died1567?
Chile, Viceroyalty of Peru
NationalitySpanish
OccupationGovernment
ProfessionMilitary

Biography

Pedro Gómez de Don Benito arrived in Chile, in the expedition of Diego de Almagro. Gómez occupied the most important hierarchical positions as Maestre de Campo, General, Alferez real (1560), Encomendero and founder of La Serena and Santiago.[3]

Family

Born in Badajoz, was the son of Juan Gómez and Marina Sánchez.[4] His wife was Isabel Pardo Parraguéz daughter of Bartolomé Pardo Parraguez (conquistador, born in Galicia) and María de Torres Zapata.[5] Gómez and wife had numerous sons Juan Gómez, Pedro Gómez, Francisca Gómez Pajuelo, Elena Gómez Pardo, María Gómez Pardo, Leonor Gómez Pardo and Benita Gómez Pardo.[6] Pedro Gómez had a natural son with a native, named Juan Gómez de Benito (captain, born in Peru).[7]

References
  1. Nobiliario de la Capitanía General de Chile. Juan Luis Espejo. 1967.
  2. Cartas de Pedro de Valdiva al emperador Carlos v. Primer libro de actas del ... Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago de Chile cabildo. 1861.
  3. Dios, sol y oro: Diego de Almagro y el descubrimiento de Chile. By Gerardo Larraín Valdés. 1987.
  4. Colección de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional, Volumes 17-18. Imprenta de Ferrocarril, 1898. 1898.
  5. Santiago durante el siglo XVI.: Constitucion de la propiedad urbana i noticias biográficas de sus primeros pobladores. Tomás Thayer Ojeda. 1905. Pardo.
  6. El Reyno de Chile, 1535-1810: estudio histórico, genealógico y biográfico, Volume 1. Luis de Roa y Ursúa. 1945.
  7. Los conquistadores de Chile, Volume 1. Tomás Thayer Ojeda. 1908.
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