Leonardo Gribeo
{{Short description|Italian conquistador}}
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Leonardo Gribeo (16th Century) was an Italian conquistador, in service of the Spanish Crown. In 1536, he was part of the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza in the Río de la Plata, having an active participation in the conquest of Buenos Aires and Asunción.{{Cite book |year= 1940|title=Historia de los italianos en la Argentina: los italianos y sus descendientes a través del descubrimiento de América y de la historia argentina|first=Jorge F. |last=Sergi|publication-place= |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQx8AAAAMAAJ&q=Leonardo+Gribeo+conquistador|trans-title=History of Italians in Argentina: The Italians and Their Descendants Throughout the Discovery of America and Argentine History}}
Biography
According to some authors Gribeo was born in Cagliari, Sardinia.{{Cite book |last= Petriella |first= Dionisio|year= 1985|title=Los italianos en la historia del progreso argentino|publisher=Asociación Dante Alighieri |isbn= 9789509089150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mo8mAAAAMAAJ&q=Leonardo+Cagliari|trans-title=The Italians in the History of Argentine Progress }} In 1535 he arrived at the Río de la Plata in the expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza, participating in the first foundation of the city of Buenos Aires.
Leonardo Gribeo had an intense political activity as conqueror of Asunción, a city where he held various public offices, including regidor, procurator and ombudsman.{{Cite book |last=Machaín |first=Ricardo de Lafuente |year=1937 |title=Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata|publisher= |page= 286|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZP9kAAAAMAAJ&q=Leonardo+Gribeo+regidor|trans-title=The Conquistadors of Río de la Plata}} His wife was Isabel Martin, daughter of conquistador Manuel Martin.{{Cite book |last= de Ibáñez|first=Elsa Fehleisen |year= 2006|title=Perfiles de Identidad: Las Fundadoras de la Raza Nueva: Una Estirpe Mujeril en la Cuenca Del Plata|publisher=Ediciones Del Clé |page=121 |isbn=9789871325016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tL98AAAAMAAJ&q=Leonardo+Gribeo+manuel+martin|trans-title=Identity Profiles: The Founders of a New Race: A Womanly Kindred in the Río de la Plata Basin}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.portalguarani.com/detalles_museos_exposiciones.php?id=27&id_exposicion=66 portalguarani.com]
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Category:16th-century Italian explorers
Category:Explorers of Argentina
Category:Spanish colonial governors and administrators
Category:Year of birth unknown
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