Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano

Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano (1510, Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile - after 1583, Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada) was a Spanish conquistador who took part in the expedition of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.^[1] He accompanied Gonzalo Suárez Rendón in the foundation of Tunja on August 6, 1539, and settled in the city.^[4] In 1583, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was mayor of Tunja together with Francisco de Avendaño.^[3]

Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano
Born	1510 Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, Castile
Died	>1583 Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada
Nationality	Castilian
Occupations	Conquistador
Years active	1536-1539
Employer	Spanish Crown
Known for	Spanish conquest of the Muisca Co-founder of Tunja Quest for El Dorado
Spouse	Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar
Children	Elvira Camacho Zambrano María Zambrana de Cuéllar Juan Camacho Zambrano Juana Zambrana Anastasia Camacho Zambrano Isabel Camacho Sabidos y Zambrano Esteban Zambrana
Parents	Juan Martín Camacho Savidos (father) Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana (mother)
Relatives	Juan Martín Camacho Sabidos (brother) Pedro Ruíz Corredor (brother-in-law)
Mayor of Tunja
In office 1583–1583
Preceded by	Francisco de Velandia & Alonso de Carvajal
Succeeded by	Diego de Paredes Calderón & Pedro Núñez Cabrera
Notes
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Biography

Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano was born in 1510 in the Extremaduran village Villafranca de los Barros with parents Juan Martin Camacho Savidos and Elvira Gonzáles Zambrana. He had a brother named Juan Martin Camacho Sabidos. Camacho Zambrano married Isabel Pérez de Cuéllar and the couple had seven children; two sons and five daughters.^[2] Isabel's sister Elvira married fellow conquistador Pedro Ruíz Corredor.^[5]

See also

• Biography portal
• Colombia portal
• History portal
• Spain portal

• List of conquistadors in Colombia
• Spanish conquest of the Muisca
• El Dorado
• Tunja, Hernán Pérez de Quesada
• Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón