Jorge de Alvarado

Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras
Born1480
Badajoz, Extremadura,
Died1540 or 1541 (aged 60–61)
Madrid
NationalitySpanish
Occupationconquistador

Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras (born c.1480 Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain – died Madrid 1540 or 1541[1]) was a Spanish conquistador, brother of the more famous Pedro de Alvarado.[2]: 356 

  1. ^ Restall & Asselbergs (2008, p. 56)</]
  2. ^ Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, ISBN 0140441239