Andrés de la Tovilla
Conquistador, Deceased Person
1513 – 1554
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Who was Andrés de la Tovilla?
Andrés de la Tovilla was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. He was born about 1513 in Cazorla, Spain. He is most remembered as a participant in the expedition to Mexico led by Panfilo de Narváez and the expedition for the conquest of Guatemala commissioned by Hernán Cortés. He, along with Diego de Mazariegos, founded the City of “Villareal de Chiapa de los Españoles”, now San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, in 1528 as a regional base for the conquest of Guatemala.
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