Gonzalo Suárez Rendón

Gonzalo Suárez Rendón (c.1503, Málaga, Castile – 1590 (or 1583),[2] Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador, known as the founder of the capital of Boyacá; Tunja. He took part in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and later by his brother Hernán Pérez de Quesada. On August 6, 1539, he founded Tunja on the site of the former seat of the zaque (ruler) of the Hunza.[1]

Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Tomb of Suárez Rendón in the Cathedral of Tunja
Bornc.1503
Málaga, Castile
Died1590 (or 1583)
Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada
Burial placeCathedral of Tunja
MonumentsCasa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
NationalityCastilian
OccupationConquistador
Years active1536–1539
EmployerSpanish Crown
Known forSpanish conquest of the Muisca
Founder of Tunja
Spouse(s)Mencia de Figueroa y Godoy
Children2 sons: Nicolas & Miguel Suárez de Figueroa
2 daughters: Isabel de Godoy & María de la Trinidad Suárez de Figueroa
Parents
  • Rodrigo Suárez Rendón de Jerez (father)
  • Isabel Jiménez Suárez (mother)
RelativesRodrigo Sabariego Suárez Rendón (brother)
María Suárez Rendón (sister)
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Notes

Gonzalo Suárez Rendón is mentioned in the work of uncertain authorship Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada as "Suarex".[4]

Biography

Personal life

Gonzalo Suárez Rendón was born around 1503 in the Andalusian city of Málaga to Rodrigo Suárez Rendón de Jerez and Isabel Jiménez, or Ximénez, Suárez. He had one brother and one sister: Rodrigo Sabariego Suárez Rendon; and María Suárez Rendón. He married Mencia de Figueroa y Godoy in 1563 and the couple had four children: two sons and two daughters.[2][3]

American expeditions

The Suárez River, which the conquistadors followed to reach the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in early 1537, was named after Suárez Rendón when his horse drowned in it.[5]

Together with Hernán Pérez de Quesada and Gonzalo García Zorro, Suárez Rendón was one of the torturers of the last zipa, Sagipa.[6]

House in Tunja

The house built by Suárez Rendon, (Casa del Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón), between August 7, 1539, the day after the foundation of Tunja, and 1570, still exists as the oldest colonial building in Tunja and the only remaining house of a colonial city founder in Latin America; it has been a museum since 1965.[7]

  • Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón on the Plaza Bolívar in Tunja
  • Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
  • Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
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See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) List of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada – Banco de la República
  2. (in Spanish) Biography Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
  3. (in Spanish) Gonzalo Suárez Rendón – Geni
  4. Epítome, p.82
  5. (in Spanish) Río Suárez foco de infección – El Tiempo
  6. Rodríguez Freyle, 1638, p.84
  7. (in Spanish) Casa Gonzalo Suárez Rendón

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