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Frey Nicolás de Ovando (c. 1460 – 29 May 1511 [1] [2]) 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 ( Hispaniola) from 1502 until 1509, sent by the Spanish crown to investigate the administration of Francisco de Bobadilla and re-establish order.
Nicolás de Ovando. 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 .
- Francisco de Bobadilla, (como cuarto gobernador general de Indias)
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Nicolás de Ovando. 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.
Frey Nicolás de Ovando 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 (Hispaniola) from 1502 until 1509, sent by the Spanish crown to investigate the administration of Francisco de Bobadilla and re-establish order. Ovando "pacified" the island by force, subduing native Americans and rebellious ...
Ovando, Nicolásde (1451–1518) 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.
The Jaragua massacre of July 1503, was the killing of indigenous natives from the town of Xaragua on the island of Hispaniola. It was ordered by the Spanish governor of Santo Domingo, Nicolás de Ovando, and carried out by Alonso de Ojeda during a native celebration that was held in the village of Guava near present-day Léogane in the ...
Nicolás de Ovando est un noble, soldat et administrateur colonial espagnol, né à Brozas vers 1451 [1] ou 1460 et mort à Madrid le 29 mai 1511. Chevalier de l' ordre d'Alcántara , il fut gouverneur d' Hispaniola de 1502 à 1509 .
