Mencía Calderón y Ocampo was born in Villa de Medellín, Badajoz (Spain) daughter of Alonso Calderón and Ana Ocampo, belonging to a noble family of Extremadura. She was married to Juan de Sanabria, a noble Spanish expeditionary who died shortly before leaving for New Spain.[2] Through his mother, Mencía Calderón, was related to Francisco Pizarro and Hernán Cortés, belonging to noble Castilian families.[3]
On 10 April 1550 Mencía Calderón embarked to America. In the expedition traveled 300 passengers, among which there were captains Salazar and Saavedra, Calderon's daughters, 50 eligible maidens, the wives of various conquerors, 80 sailors, and adventurer Hans Staden, who would write the chronicle of the expedition. The fleet survived storms and attacks by French corsairs before managing to reach the isle of Santa Catalina. From there, they made their way to the coast of Brazil, where they settled for a year while repairing their ships and building new, more fit ones with what was left of the others. After this period of rest they left to Asunción.[4]
The arguments between Salazar y Saavedra became constant, and it was Mencía who managed to organize the expedition and keep the group together. Mencía took the rank of Adelantada upon herself and led an expedition of 21 women and 22 men across 1.600 km of rainforest, following the same path that years before had followed Alejo García and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.[5] They reached Asunción in 1555, where some problems erupted when the women who had come to meet their husbands found them already remarried to indigenous women, and with mestizo children, some of which were already in their teens.[6]
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^Conquistadoras: Mujeres Heroicas de la Conquista de America. By Carlos B. Vega. 2 October 2003. ISBN9780786482085.
^Las damas del Río de la Plata. By Titina Cubero Macri, Silvia Bayá Carranza. 2006. ISBN9789870216483.
^María de Sanabria: De Sevilla a América del sur, 1545. Pasión e intriga en. By Diego Bracco. March 2007. ISBN9788497633772.
^Merino, José (2021-04-10). "Mencía Calderón de Ocampo, primera mujer Adelantada del Río de la Plata". Tras la última frontera. (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^Benítez, Luis G.; en "Historia del Paraguay. Época colonial" (p. 52, Ed. Comuneros, 263 págs., año 1985)
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mencía, calderón, ocampo, 1514, 1564, spanish, noble, lady, first, expeditionary, woman, río, plata, ocampoadelantada, worldcoat, arms, belonging, paternal, surnameborn1514extremadura, spaindiedc, 1564asuncion, paraguayspouse, juan, sanabria, alonso, hinojosaf. Mencia Calderon y Ocampo 1514 c 1564 was a Spanish noble lady first expeditionary woman in the Rio de la Plata 1 Mencia Calderon y OcampoAdelantada of the New WorldCoat of Arms belonging to his paternal surnameBorn1514Extremadura SpainDiedc 1564Asuncion ParaguaySpouse s Juan de Sanabria y Alonso de HinojosaFatherAlonso CalderonMotherAna OcampoBiography editMencia Calderon y Ocampo was born in Villa de Medellin Badajoz Spain daughter of Alonso Calderon and Ana Ocampo belonging to a noble family of Extremadura She was married to Juan de Sanabria a noble Spanish expeditionary who died shortly before leaving for New Spain 2 Through his mother Mencia Calderon was related to Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes belonging to noble Castilian families 3 On 10 April 1550 Mencia Calderon embarked to America In the expedition traveled 300 passengers among which there were captains Salazar and Saavedra Calderon s daughters 50 eligible maidens the wives of various conquerors 80 sailors and adventurer Hans Staden who would write the chronicle of the expedition The fleet survived storms and attacks by French corsairs before managing to reach the isle of Santa Catalina From there they made their way to the coast of Brazil where they settled for a year while repairing their ships and building new more fit ones with what was left of the others After this period of rest they left to Asuncion 4 The arguments between Salazar y Saavedra became constant and it was Mencia who managed to organize the expedition and keep the group together Mencia took the rank of Adelantada upon herself and led an expedition of 21 women and 22 men across 1 600 km of rainforest following the same path that years before had followed Alejo Garcia and Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 5 They reached Asuncion in 1555 where some problems erupted when the women who had come to meet their husbands found them already remarried to indigenous women and with mestizo children some of which were already in their teens 6 References edit Conquistadoras Mujeres Heroicas de la Conquista de America By Carlos B Vega 2 October 2003 ISBN 9780786482085 Las damas del Rio de la Plata By Titina Cubero Macri Silvia Baya Carranza 2006 ISBN 9789870216483 Archivo Ibero Americano J Costa 1999 1999 Maria de Sanabria De Sevilla a America del sur 1545 Pasion e intriga en By Diego Bracco March 2007 ISBN 9788497633772 Merino Jose 2021 04 10 Mencia Calderon de Ocampo primera mujer Adelantada del Rio de la Plata Tras la ultima frontera in Spanish Retrieved 2023 10 14 Benitez Luis G en Historia del Paraguay Epoca colonial p 52 Ed Comuneros 263 pags ano 1985 External links editeuskalnet net nbsp This biography of a Spanish noble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mencia Calderon amp oldid 1180165421, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
