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Dionis de Lys
First foundation of the city of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
Conquistador of the Spanish Empire
MonarchCharles V
Personal details
Bornc.1510
Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
Diedc.1560
Asunción, Viceroyalty of Peru
NationalityFlemish
OccupationConqueror
explorer
ProfessionSailor
Military service
Allegiance Spain
Branch/serviceSpanish Navy

Dionis de Lys or Lis (born-16th century) was a Flemish conquistador in the service of the Spanish monarchy. He attended the first foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza.

Biography

Dionis was born in Lys, County of Flanders, the son of Johannes de Lys and Barboxa de Leys. He had arrived to the Río de la Plata in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza, together with a contingents of Flemish adventurers.

Lys traveled to Asuncion, where he formed a family, a daughter Catalina de Lys was married to Luis Alegre, also born in Flanders.

References

  1. Documentos relativos a la expedición de don Pedro de Mendoza y acontecimientos ocurridos en Buenos Aires desde 1536 a 1541, by Enrique Peña, 1936
  2. 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
  3. Revista de la Biblioteca nacional, Volumen 6, Imprenta de la Biblioteca Nacional., 1942, 1942
  4. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Issue 174, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1992, 1992


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