Miguel Holguín y Figueroa
| Miguel Holguín y Figueroa | |
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| Born | 1516 Cáceres, Castile |
| Died | >1576 Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Other names | Miguel Holguín de Figueroa |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Years active | 1535-1539 |
| Employer | Spanish Crown |
| Known for |
Spanish conquest of Venezuela Spanish conquest of the Muisca Quest for El Dorado |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez |
| Children | 3 daughters: Inés de Cárcamo, Elvira de Holguín, María Maldonado de Holguín 1 son: Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques |
| Mayor of Tunja | |
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In office 1558–1558 |
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| Preceded by | Gregorio Suárez de Deza & Pedro García Ruiz. |
| Succeeded by | Diego Montañez & Pedro Vásquez de Loaiza |
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In office 1564–1564 |
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| Preceded by | Juan López |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Salguero & Hernando de Rojas |
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In office 1572–1572 |
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| Preceded by | Gómez de Cifuentes & Pedro Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Pedro García Ruiz & Diego de Partearroyo |
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In office 1576–1576 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro López Patiño de Haro & Juan Prieto Maldonado |
| Succeeded by | Hernando Mateos & Bachiller Pedro de Valdelomar |
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Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Miguel Holguín de Figueroa, (1516, Cáceres, Castile - after 1576, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador. He took part in the expeditions of the conquest of the Chitarero, Motilon, U'wa and Lache led by Nikolaus Federmann. Holguín y Figueroa later settled in Tunja, where he protested the bad deeds of Hernán Pérez de Quesada who governed Bogotá after the foundation and initial rule by his elder brother Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
Juan Rodríguez Freyle wrote about Miguel Holguín de Figueroa in his work El Carnero.
Miguel Holguín y Figueroa, also written as Holguín de Figueroa, was born in 1516 in Cáceres. He married twice, with Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco and Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez (or Bohórques), widow of Pedro Núñez Cabrera. With Isabel de Cárcamo y Orozco he had two daughters; Inés de Cárcamo and Elvira de Holguín and with Isabel Maldonado de Bohórquez a son and a daughter; Diego Holguín de Figueroa Maldonado de Bohorques and María Maldonado de Holguín. Miguel Holguín y Figueroa was mayor of Tunja in four terms; 1558, 1564, 1572 and 1576. He is named in texts until 1576, while his year of death in Tunja is unknown.
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