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Frey Nicolás de Ovando (c. 1460 – 29 May 1511) was a Spanish soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcántara, a military order of Spain.
Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres ( Brozas (o Cáceres ), 1451 o 1460- Sevilla, 29 de mayo de 1511) a fue gobernador y administrador colonial de La Española desde 15 de abril de 1502 hasta 10 de julio de 1509, sucediendo en el cargo a Francisco Fernández de Bobadilla .
Nicolás de Ovando was a Spanish military leader and the first royal governor of the West Indies. He was the first to apply the encomienda system of Indian forced labour, which became widespread in Spanish America, and he founded a stable Spanish community in Santo Domingo that became a base and.
Nicolás de Ovando ( b. 1451; d. 1518), governor of Hispaniola. Born in Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, Ovando was a member of the military Order of Calatrava. On 3 September 1501 the crown ordered him to Hispaniola to investigate the administration of Francisco de Bobadilla and to reestablish order.
Nicolás de Ovando (Brozas, 1460 – Seville, 1511) was a Spanish soldier from a noble family and a knight of the Order of Alcántara. He was governor of Hispaniola from 1502 until 1509.
Ovando, Nicolás de. Cáceres, c. 1451 – Sevilla, 29.V.1511. Gobernador general de las Indias y destacada figura del primer período de dominio español sobre el Nuevo Mundo. No hay acuerdo definitivo sobre el lugar de nacimiento de Ovando.
Nicolás de Ovando. (Brozas, hacia 1451 - 1511) Gobernador y estadista extremeño considerado el iniciador de la obra colonizadora que siguió al descubrimiento de América. Tras ostentar el título de Comendador de Lares, la Corona le concedió el máximo título de Comendador Mayor de Alcántara en premio a su labor como Gobernador de las ...
3 days ago · Ovando, Nicolás de ( c. 1451–1511) (c.1451–1511),Spanish governor of Hispaniola. He was an administrator in the military order of Alcántara when in 1502 he was appointed as the third governor of Hispaniola, the successor of ...
Nov 15, 2017 · Frey Nicolás de Ovando arrive in Santo Domingo in 1502 with the very clear orders of the Catholic Monarchs of what their government would be in the Indies. They can be summarized in two points: putting order in the administration, after the disastrous management of the brothers Columbus and Francisco de Bobadilla, and in the exploitation of ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Frey Nicolás de Ovando (c. 1460 – 29 May 1511) was a Spanish soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcántara, a military order of Spain. He was Governor of the Indies from 1502 until 1509, sent by the Spanish crown to investigate the administration of Francisco de Bobadilla and re-establish
