Nationality Castilian Years active 1536-1584 Employer Monarchy of Spain | Occupation Conquistador Spouse(s) Luisa Montalvo de Lugo | |
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Born ~1500 Cuéllar, Castile Known for Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Quest for El Dorado Children 1 son: Juan Velásquez de Velasco y Montalvo
2 daughters: María Velázquez de Velasco y Montalvo, Magdalena Velázquez de Velazco Died 4 November 1584, Pamplona, Colombia | ||
Ortún Velázquez de Velasco (ca. 1500, Cuéllar, Castile - 4 November 1584, Pamplona, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the co-founder and first governor of Pamplona in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia bordering Venezuela. Velázquez de Velasco took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada from 1536 to 1539, settled in Tunja under Gonzalo Suárez Rendón. He married there, was mayor of the city in 1544, and left Tunja in 1548 and from 1549 participated in the conquest of the Chitarero and the foundation of Pamplona under Pedro de Ursúa.
Biography
Ortún Velázquez de Velasco was born around 1500 in the town of Cuéllar, Segovia Province, Castile and León as only son of Gutierre Velázquez de Cuéllar, lord of Villavaquerín and María Enríquez de Acuña. He had one sister; Ana Velázquez. Velázquez de Velasco married Luisa Montalvo de Lugo in Tunja in 1545 and the couple had three children; one son and two daughters. María Velázquez de Velasco y Montalvo married conquistador Juan Maldonado Ordóñez.