Francisco de Bobadilla
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Francisco de Bobadilla was an official under the Crown of Castile and a knight of the Order of Calatrava. He was also the nephew of Beatriz de Bobadilla, marchioness of Moya and of Peñalosa, a patron
Bobadilla Betrays Columbus by Luigi Gregori, c. 1883 (Columbus murals at the University of Notre Dame)
Nicolás de Ovando
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Frey Nicolás de Ovando was a Spanish imperial soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcántara, a military order of Spain. He was Governor of the Indies in the Columbian Viceroyalty
Francisco de Bobadilla
…Francisco Roldán, who had established a competing regime in western Hispaniola in 1497. In 1502, Bobadilla was replaced as governor of the Indies by Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres. One possible motive for his removal despite a "relatively peaceful" two years was his elimination of the gold taxes. Bobadilla died on 11 July [O.S…
Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres