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Esteuao Velazquez

Esteuao Velazquez (1546-16) was the third biological son of Diego Velazquez.

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Esteuao was the third son of New Spain Viceroy Diego Velazquez, and was the younger brother of Pedro Velazquez and Carlos Velazquez. He was religiously proper with a sense of hard justice, and was a gifted commander who had the ability to fight at night and ambush enemies. Because of his good traits, he was favored over Carlos and may have even been considered better than Pedro. When his father died in 1552 Esteuao served under Viceroy Pedro.

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