Amador Vaz de Alpoim
| Amador Vaz de Alpoim | |
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Coat of Arms of Alpoim
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| Born | 1568 Azores, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | May 26, 1617 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru |
| Nationality |
 Portuguese
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| Spouse(s) | Margarita Cabral de Melo |
| Occupation |
Hacendado Trader |
| Profession | Fidalgo |
Amador Vaz de Alpoim (1568–1617) was a Portuguese nobleman, officer of the royal armies, colonizer and explorer of South America. He was the founder of the Cabral de Melo Alpoim family in the Río de la Plata, descendants of the first settlers of the Azores islands.
Amador was born in 1568, in Azores (Portugal) son of Estevan Alpoim and Isabel Velha, a family belonging to the Portuguese nobility. In 1599, he and his wife, Margarida, and their children arrived in Buenos Aires from their home in Rio de Janeiro, city where the family had lived for some years. He and his wife were natives of Santa Maria Island, place where they had lived their parents and grandparents.
In 1604 the Captain Alpoim was part of the expedition organized by Hernando Arias de Saavedra in City of the Caesars. That same year he participated in the exploration of the islas del Paraná. A failed expedition where Alpoim saved the life of Hernandarias, when this fell from his horse, and was about to be killed by tribes Charruas.
In the early 1600s, Alpoim renounce their activities as slave-trader, to devote himself exclusively to his ranch, where he was engaged in raising cattle and wine production.
Amador belonged to the Portuguese nobility, being grandson of Estêvão Pires de Alpoim, a known notary of the Azores and Grimanesa Pires, daughter of Pedro Vaz Marinheiro, a rich and powerful sailor.
According to some sources, the Alpoim family were descendants of Kings of England, other versions indicated who were descendant of Henry II of Castile. And the older source indicated that this family belonged to Godofredo de Puy, son bastard of William I. The fact is that Amador Báez de Alpoim was descendant of Portuguese and French nobles, as Luís de Alpoim and Guilherme du Pui, born in Bordeaux.
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