Guayarmina Semidán

Guayarmina Semidán appears in historiographical tradition linked to the Guanarteme house of Gáldar and to the circle of Tenesor/Fernando Guanarteme. Her profile must be handled cautiously because early and secondary sources do not always clearly distinguish between Guayarmina, Masequera, Tenesoya, Catalina or Margarita. Abreu Galindo connects the baptismal name Catalina with Tenesoya, while other traditions associate Guayarmina with the name Margarita.

What can be verified for now is her place in the memory of Gran Canaria's Indigenous elite during the transition to Castilian rule. The capture, conversion and later role of Fernando Guanarteme reshaped his family's position, and the women of that house appear in narratives of court, baptism, alliances and descent.

For that reason, this profile avoids identifying her definitively with Catalina de Guanarteme. Guayarmina is presented here as a figure of the Gáldar house, useful for explaining problems of name, kinship and adaptation among Indigenous elites at the end of the conquest.