The journal
Open the journal →The conversation starts in the journal — be the first to post.
About Beatriz de la Cueva y Benavides
Beatriz de la Cueva de Alvarado, nicknamed "La Sinventura" was a Spanish noblewoman from Úbeda in Andalucia who became the governor of the Spanish colony of Guatemala for a few days in September 1541, before being killed by an earthquake shortly after taking office. Unique as the only woman to hold such a position in a major division of Spanish Latin America in colonial times, she is credited with having introduced the Spanish style of house construction and Spanish customs into Guatemala. She was buried in the cathedral of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.
Everything about Beatriz de la Cueva y Benavides →- Occupation
- comendador, governor, politician
- Citizenship
- Crown of Castile
- Born
- 1490
- Died
- September 11, 1541