Nicol%C3%A1s de Ovando

Fray Nicols de Ovando y Cceres was a Spanish soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcntara. He was Governor of the Indies from 1502 until 1509. His administration is perhaps best known for its brutal treatment of the native Tano population of Hispaniola.

Nicols Ovando y Cceres was born in Brozas in 1460. Born into a noble and pious family, second son of Diego Fernndez de Cceres y Ovando, 1st Lord of the Manor House del Alczar Viejo, and his first wife Isabel Flores de las Varillas , Ovando entered the military Order of Alcntara, where he became a Master or a CommanderMajor . This Spanish military order, founded in 1156, resembled the Order of Templars, with whom it fought the Moors during the Reconquista. His elder brother was Diego de Cceres y Ovando.

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