Guillén de las Casas I (abt. 1390)

Born about 1390 in Seville, Spain

Descendants

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Biography

Guillien de Las Casas (I) (suffix added for clarification)^261,248 was also known as Guillen de Las Casas.⁹ He was born circa 1390 at Seville, Spain.⁷² He was Lord of the unoccupied Canary Islands. He had inherited the right to conquer Gran Canaria and Gomeira from his father. Either in agreement with his brothers or by their deaths and through inheritance, he gained the right to conquer all four islands as yet unoccupied.²⁶² He was "alcaide" or Commander of the militia of Seville.²⁶³ On 25 Mar 1430 he purchased from the Conde de Niebla the lordship of the occupied islands, Fuerteventura and Ferro, leaving only Lanzarote.²⁶⁴

Children of Inês de Bethencourt (I) and Guillien de Las Casas (I) both born at Spain were as follows:

• + 43 i. Inês de Las Casas (II) was born circa 1410. She married Fernán Peraza (I), son of Gonzalo Perez Martel.

• 44 ii. Alfonso de Las Casas (II) (suffix added for clarification)^265,266,266 was born after 1420.²⁶⁷

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