Hernando Martel

Hernando Martel
Don Hernando Martel.
Bornc. 1515
Seville, Spain
Died
Santa María de los Lagos, Kingdom of Nueva Galicia
(now Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico)
Occupation(s)Conquistador, colonizer, settler and military officer for the Crown of Castile

Hernando Martel (c. 1515) was a Spanish conquistador, judge, politician and military officer, born in Seville, Spain. He conquered and pacified much of the region of Santa María de los Lagos in the ancient Kingdom of Nueva Galicia, known today as Lagos de Moreno.

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