Isabel de Bobadilla

Isabel de Bobadilla
Inés de Bobadilla
La Giradilla on the watchtower of the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Cuba
3rd Governor of Cuba
In office
May 17, 1539 – 1544
MonarchCarlos I of Spain
Preceded byHernando de Soto
Succeeded byJuanes de Ávila
Personal details
Born1505
Corona de Castilla
Died1554
Spanish Empire
NationalitySpanish
SpouseHernando de Soto
OccupationGovernor of Cuba from 1539–1543

Isabel de Bobadilla, or Inés de Bobadilla (c. 1505–1554) was the first female governor of Cuba from 1539–1543.[1]

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