Jean de Béthencourt
Meaning
Norman nobleman linked to the beginning of the seigneurial conquest of the Canaries in 1402.
Reference source
Le Canarien y bibliografía histórica de Canarias
Related
The Lordly Conquest of the Canary Islands: Normans, Power, and Social ChangeThe Norman Conquest of 1402The Béthencourt Lineage: Origins and Expansion of a Family Key to the Conquest of the Canary Islands 1402 · Beginning of the European conquest with Jean de Béthencourt's expedition to Lanzarote.1404 · Béthencourt and Gadifer found Betancuria, the first capital of Fuerteventura.1405 · Conquest of Fuerteventura by Jean de Béthencourt. Jean de Béthencourt Conquest and Indigenous resistance