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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.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Nicolás de Ovando (born c. 1451, Brozas, Castile [Spain]—died c. 1511) 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 ...
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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, 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 ...
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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.
