Biography of martin de ursua minor
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is de Ursúa (or de Urzúa) and the second or maternal family name is Arizmendi.
Martín de Ursúa (or Urzúa) y Arizmendi (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈtin aɾiθˈmendi]; February 22, – February 4, ), Count of Lizárraga and of Castillo, was a Spanish Basque conquistador in Central America during the late colonial period of New Spain.
Born in Olóriz, Navarre, he is noted for leading the –97 expeditionary force which resulted in the fall of the last significant independent Maya stronghold, Nojpetén, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the northern Petén Basin region of present-day Guatemala.
Biography of martin de ursua minor
He served as governor of the Yucatán until , when he was named Governor-General of the Philippines. Around the time that he was named to that post, he was made a knight of the Order of Santiago. He died in Manila in
Ursúa arrived to Mexico around and initially served as a lawyer in Mexico City unti