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Ines de Suarez
Ines de Suarez was a Spanish conquistadora (female conquistador) who participated in the Conquest of Chile, was mistress to Pedro de Valdivia, successfully defended Santiago against an attack of Native Americans in 1541, and was eventually married to Rodrigo de Quiroga, Royal Governor of Chile.
Early life
Suarez was born in Plasencia, Extremadura, Spain in 1507. She came to the Americas approximately in 1537, around the age of thirty. It is generally assumed that she was in search of her husband, who had left Spain to serve in the New World with the Pizarro brothers. After a long time of ...
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