Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo
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Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo is the (4 time Great) Grandson of Inés de Lugo (sister of I Adelantado
Adelantado
Adelantado was a military title held by some Spanish conquistadores of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.Adelantados were granted directly by the Monarch the right to become governors and justices of a specific region, which they charged with conquering, in exchange for funding and organizing the...

 Mayor Alonso Fernández de Lugo
Alonso Fernández de Lugo
Javier Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma and Tenerife for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the Canary Islands to be conquered by Europeans. He was also the founder of the towns...

), a Spanish Military man, conquistador
Conquistador
Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th to 16th centuries, following Europe's discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492...

, city founder, and administrator. Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo was born in the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

. He was Governor of Puerto Rico
Governor of Puerto Rico
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 between 1564 and 1568. The neighbors of San German, located then in Guayanilla, asked him for permission to change the villa to their present location due to the attacks of French
French people
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 privateer
Privateer
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s (1565) and Caribbean
Caribbean
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 Indians (1568).

In 1568, the governor Francisco Bahamonde de Lugo saw the necessity to ask for the services of a Spanish
Spanish people
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 doctor. The doctor chosen was Hernando de Cataño, who when accepting the position, received like payments in lots and several cavalries
Cavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...

of earth in inlands located in front of the islet of San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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. Thus the place was named after its owner.
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