Francisco de las Casas
Francisco de las Casas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1461 |
| Died | 1536 (aged 74–75) |
| Allegiance | Crown of Castile |
| Branch | Spanish colonial forces |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | Expedition to Honduras (1524) |
| Conflicts | Conquest of Mexico, Honduras campaign |
| Spouse | María de Aguilar |
| Children | Gonzalo de las Casas |
| Relations | Hernán Cortés (cousin by marriage) |
| Other work | Alcalde Mayor of Mexico City (1524), Governor of Honduras (briefly, 1525) |
Francisco de las Casas y Saavedra (1461–1536) was a Spanish Conquistador in what is now Mexico and Honduras.
Francisco de las Casas was born in Trujillo, Spain. By 1513 las Casas was married to Maria de Aguilar, and they maintained a house in Trujillo, where she sold a block of land in Trujillo that she owned. They had a son, Gonzalo. Cortés refers to Francisco de las Casas as "mi primo" in his fifth letter to the Spanish Crown. Maria is also Cortés' cousin.