Gonzalo de Alvarado was the name of two Spanish conquistadors, both related to Pedro de Alvarado and participating in the conquest of Mexico and Central America. Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras was his brother, while Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez was his cousin.

Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez

Gonzalo de Alvarado y Chávez was a Spanish

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 conquistador

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 and cousin of Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of Mexico led by Hernan Cortes...

 and accompanied him on his first campaign in Guatemala. In 1525 he was appointed chief constable of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala

Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala

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, the new capital (modern Tecpán Guatemala

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). He married Isabel, a daughter of Jorge de Alvarado

Jorge de Alvarado

Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras was a Spanish conquistador, brother of the more famous Pedro de Alvarado....

, his cousin. It is not known when he died.

Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras

Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras was a Spanish conquistador and brother of Pedro de Alvarado who participated in campaigns in Mexico

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, Guatemala

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, and El Salvador

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 (co-founding its present capital, San Salvador

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).

Gonzalo de Alvarado was a native of Badajoz and son of Diego Gómez de Alvarado y Mexía de Sandoval, born in Badajoz in 1460 and vecino

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of Badajoz, Extremadura, Commander of Lobón

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,, Puebla

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, Montijo

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 and Cubillana, Alcalde

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of Montanchez

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, Trece of the Order of Santiago

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, Lord of Castellanos

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, Maestresala of Henry IV of Castile

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 and General

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 of the Frontier

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 of Portugal

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, widow of Teresa Suárez de Moscoso y Figueroa, and second wife Leonor de Contreras y Gutiérrez de Trejo.

Alvarado y Contreras went to Hispaniola

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 in 1510 with all his older brother Pedro and younger brothers Jorge

Jorge de Alvarado

Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras was a Spanish conquistador, brother of the more famous Pedro de Alvarado....

, Gómez, Hernando and Juan and their uncle Diego de Alvarado y Mexía de Sandoval.

When Pedro de Alvarado was wounded on his left thigh

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 and handicapped

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 for the rest of his life he abandoned the war and appointed his brother, Gonzalo de Alvarado, to continue the task. In 1525 the conquest of El Salvador was completed and the city of San Salvador was established.