Pedro Fernández de Lugo

Second adelantado of the Canaries · c. 1476–1536

Pedro Fernández de Lugo
ConquistaHistory15th CenturyAdelantado and governor

Second adelantado of the Canaries

Son of Alonso Fernández de Lugo, he inherited the Canarian adelantamiento and governed Tenerife and La Palma before moving to Santa Marta in the Atlantic expansion into America.

Historical role

Pedro Fernández de Lugo embodies the second generation of adelantado power. After the conquest, his government in Tenerife and La Palma extended the Lugo family's authority, but it also opened an American path: his move to Santa Marta directly connected the Canarian experience of conquest, settlement and government with colonial enterprises in the Caribbean and Tierra Firme.

Timeline

  1. c. 1476Pedro Fernández de Lugo is born in Sevilla, Corona de Castilla.
  2. 1525He succeeded Alonso Fernández de Lugo as second adelantado of the Canaries.
  3. 1535He moved to Santa Marta as governor, linking Canarian power with American expansion.
  4. 1536Pedro Fernández de Lugo dies in Santa Marta, New Kingdom of Granada.

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