# Luis Lanchero

> Luis Lanchero, also known as Luis Lancheros was a Spanish conquistador and the founder of the town of Trinidad de los Muzos, Boyacá, the most important emerald settlement in Colombia. Muzo was founded after twenty years of unsuccessful attempts to subjugate the Muzo to Spanish rule. Lanchero arrived in the New World in 1533 and died impoverished in Tunja in 1562.

*Spanish conquistador*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Died:** 1562
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Luis Lanchero, also known as Luis Lancheros was a Spanish conquistador and the founder of the town of Trinidad de los Muzos, Boyacá, the most important emerald settlement in Colombia. Muzo was founded after twenty years of unsuccessful attempts to subjugate the Muzo to Spanish rule. Lanchero arrived in the New World in 1533 and died impoverished in Tunja in 1562.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.0
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5983735)

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