Domingo Martínez de Irala

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Domingo Martínez de Irala was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador who became a key colonial governor in the Río de la Plata region, helping to consolidate Spanish rule in what is now Paraguay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
colonial governor
human
allegiance Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
authorityOver Spanish settlements in the Río de la Plata region
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spain
dateOfBirth circa 1509
dateOfDeath 1556
ethnicGroup Basque
fieldOfWork colonial governance
military conquest
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery
historicalRegion Viceroyalty of Peru
influenced formation of colonial Paraguayan society
knownFor early governance of the Province of Río de la Plata
leadership in Asunción after the failure of Buenos Aires
organizing colonial settlements in Paraguay
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOf Spanish Empire
militaryRank captain
notableWork consolidation of Spanish rule in the Río de la Plata region
founding and development of Asunción
occupation colonial administrator
conquistador
participatedIn Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata

early colonization of Paraguay
partOf Spanish colonization of the Americas
placeOfBirth Basque Country
Crown of Castile
Gipuzkoa
Vergara
placeOfDeath Asunción
Paraguay
positionHeld Governor of Paraguay
Governor of Río de la Plata
precededBy Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
regionOfActivity Asunción
Paraguay
Río de la Plata
religion Roman Catholicism

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Pedro de Mendoza successor Domingo Martínez de Irala