Juan Tafur

Juan Tafur (1500, Córdoba, Andalusia, Castile - ?, ?) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people. He was a cousin of fellow conquistadors Martín Yañéz Tafur, Hernán Venegas Carrillo and Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela. Juan Tafur was five times encomendero (mayor) of Santa Fe de Bogotá. He also received the encomiendas of Pasca, Chipaque and Usaquén. The encomienda of Suesca was shared between Tafur and Gonzalo García Zorro.

Juan Tafur
Born1500
Córdoba, Spain
DiedUnknown
Unknown, New Kingdom of Granada
NationalityCastilian
OccupationsConquistador
Years active1518-1541
EmployerSpanish Crown
Known forSpanish conquest of the Muisca
Construction of first church of Chipaque
Spouses
  • N.N, Antonia Manuel de Hoyos
  • Francisca de Ulloa
ChildrenIsabel Tafur
Parents
  • Juan Pérez Tubera (father)
  • Isabel Díaz Tafur (mother)
RelativesCousins:
Martín Yañéz Tafur
Hernán Venegas Carrillo
Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela
Encomendero of Bogotá
In office
1541–1541
Preceded byAntonio Díaz de Cardoso
Succeeded byJuan Díaz Hidalgo
In office
1546–1547
Preceded byJuan de Céspedes
Succeeded byPedro de Colmenares
In office
1552–1552
Preceded byJuan Muñoz de Collantes
Succeeded byGonzalo Rodríguez de Ledesma
In office
1554–1554
Preceded byGonzalo García Zorro
Succeeded byJuan Ruiz de Orejuela
In office
1559–1559
Preceded byGonzalo Rodríguez de Ledesma
Succeeded byAntonio Bermúdez
Notes

Knowledge of the life of Juan Tafur has been provided by the work El Carnero (1638), by chronicler Juan Rodríguez Freyle.

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