Luis Alegre

Luis Alegre (c. 1510 – 1573) was a Flemish soldier, in the service of the Spanish Crown, who served as conquistador and expeditionary of the Río de la Plata and Paraguay.[1]

For the Mexican politician, see Luis Alegre Salazar. For the Spanish philosopher and writer, see Luis Alegre Zahonero.
Conquistador
Luis de Alegre
Expedicionario at the service of the Spanish Empire
MonarchsCharles V
Philip II
Personal details
Born
Louis Plesier

c. 1510
Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Died1573
Asuncion, Viceroyalty of Peru
NationalityFlemish
OccupationConqueror
explorer
encomendero
ProfessionArtilleryman
sailor
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Branch/serviceSpanish Navy
Years of service1530-c.1570

Biography

He arrived at the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in 1534,[2] and later to Asunción, aboard the ship "La Marañona" in 1538. He changed his original last name "Plesier" to Alegre,[3] and attended the election of Domingo Martinez de Irala as Lieutenant Governor of Paraguay in 1539.[4] He had an active participation in the Conquest of Paraguay, receiving parcels of land, in addition to the distributions of various indigenous tribes as encomiendas for their services to the Crown.[5]

He was married to Magdalena Testanova, daughter of Blas Testanova, the first doctor of the Río de la Plata.[6] He remarriage with Catalina Lys, daughter of flemish conquistador Dionis de Lys. They had a son named Esteban Alegre, a neighbor founder of Corrientes and Buenos Aires.[7]

His last name is very common in Paraguay, and the Argentine coastal area, but a distinguished line can be drawn through Captain Casimiro Alegre, a military man with a long career during the colonial and post-colonial period of Buenos Aires.[8]

References
  1. Colección de Documentos Sobre Los Conquistadores y Pobladores Del Río de La Plata, by Jorge F. Lima González Bonorino, Hernán Carlos Lux-Wurm, 2001, ISBN 9789879768822
  2. En los deltas de la memoria: Bélgica y Argentina en los siglos XIX y XX, by Bart de Groof, 1998, ISBN 9789061868606
  3. Los pobladores de Buenos Aires y su descendencia, Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson, 1980
  4. Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata, by Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín, 1943
  5. Historia social de Paraguay, 1600-1650, José Luis Mora Mérida, 1973, ISBN 9788400039080
  6. Opere complete: XI: Recensioni di libri (1950-1959), by Bruno Leoni, 27 May 2013, ISBN 9788864400617
  7. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992, 1992
  8. Gaceta de Buenos Aires, Compañía sud-americana de billetes de banco, 1910, 1910
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