Jorge de Alvarado

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Alvarado and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
Jorge de Alvarado y Contreras
Born1480
Badajoz, Extremadura,
Died1540 or 1541 (aged 60–61)
Madrid
Occupationconquistador

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

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