Beatriz de la Cueva
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Beatriz de la Cueva de Alvarado (c. 1498 – 11 September 1541), nicknamed "La Sinventura" ("The Unfortunate") was a Spanish noblewoman from Úbeda in Andalucia who became the governor of the Spanish colony of Guatemala for a few days in September 1541, before being killed by an earthquake shortly after taking office. Unique as the only woman to hold such a position in a major division of Spanish Latin America in colonial times, she is credited with having introduced the Spanish style of house construction and Spanish customs into Guatemala. She was buried in the cathedral of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is de la Cueva, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Alvarado.
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Beatriz de la Cueva | |
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Governor of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala | |
In office 9 September 1541 – 11 September 1541 | |
Lieutenant | Francisco de la Cueva |
Preceded by | Francisco de la Cueva |
Succeeded by | Francisco Marroquín |
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Born | 1498–1500 Úbeda, Kingdom of Jaén |
Died | 11 September 1541 (aged c. 41) Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, Spanish Empire |
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