Menceyato

Meaning

An Indigenous political unit of Tenerife ruled by a mencey before the Castilian conquest.

Reference source

Canarias Historia — fichas de Bencomo y mundo guanche

Related

The Legacy of the Guanches: A Story of Resistance 1496 · Conquest of Tenerife and La Palma, completing the incorporation of the islands into Castile. Bencomo Conquest and Indigenous resistanceThe Guanche world