Tinguaro
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Tinguaro (?-December 1495) was a Guanche sigoñe (warrior) of Tenerife, also known as Achimenchia Tinguaro. He was the in charge of the area known as Acentejo. Half-brother of the mencey (king) Bencomo, Tinguaro led the Guanche forces to victory against the invading Castilians in the First Battle of Acentejo. He fell in the Second Battle of Acentejo, a crushing defeat for the original population of the island, resulting in the conquest of the island by the Castilians.
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- José Juan Acosta; Félix Rodríguez Lorenzo; Carmelo L. Quintero Padrón, Conquista y Colonización (Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria, 1988), p. 51-2.
- (Spanish) Batalla de Acentejo
- (Spanish) 510 Aniversario de la Batalla de Acentejo: La Derrota de un Imperio
