# Bentor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bentor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bentor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentor > Source revision: 1258847461 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox royalty | name = Bentor | title = | titletext = | more = | type = | image = Mencey bentor.jpg | image_size = 165px | alt = | caption = Statue of Bentor on Tenerife | succession = [Mencey of Taoro](/source/Menceyato_of_Taoro) | moretext = | reign = November 1494 – February 1495 | reign-type = | coronation = | cor-type = | predecessor = [Bencomo](/source/Bencomo) | pre-type = | successor = '''Post abolished''' | suc-type = | regent = | reg-type = | birth_name = | birth_date = circa 1463 | birth_place = | death_date = February {{Death year and age|1495|1463}} | death_place = Taoro | burial_date = | burial_place = | spouse = | spouse-type = | consort = | issue = | issue-link = | issue-pipe = | issue-type = | full name = Bentor
'''Also called''':
Ventor
Bentore
Benytomo
Bentorey | house = | house-type = | father = [Adjona](/source/Adjona) (most likely) | mother = Hanagua (possibly) | religion = [Guanche religion](/source/Guanches) | signature_type = | signature = }} [[File:Tenerife preconquista.png|right|thumb|The nine menceyatos before the Spanish conquest of [Tenerife](/source/Tenerife).]] '''Bentor''' ({{circa}} 1463 – February 1495), sometimes also called '''Ventor''', '''Bentore''', '''Benytomo''', or '''Bentorey''', was the last mencey or king of [Taoro](/source/Menceyato_of_Taoro) from November 1494 until his suicide in February 1495. A native [Guanche](/source/Guanches) prince in the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands) during the second half of the 15th century, Bentor was the eldest grandson (in some sources, son) of [Bencomo](/source/Bencomo), the penultimate mencey (or king) of Taoro. Taoro was one of nine menceyatos, or kingdoms, on the island of [Tenerife](/source/Tenerife) in the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands) before the [Spanish](/source/Habsburg_Spain) conquest of the islands. Bentor's mother was probably named Hañagua, although this is unclear. He succeeded his grandfather as mencey upon his father's death in November 1494, and led the kingdom until his own death by suicide four months later, in February 1495. Bentor had five siblings: one sister ([Dácil](/source/D%C3%A1cil)) and four brothers (Ruiman, Rosalva, Chachiñama, and Tiñate). ==Biography== [[File:Mencey Bencomo.jpg|thumb|A statue of Taoro mencey [Bencomo](/source/Bencomo), the father of Bentor.]] Bentor was born in about 1463, in Tenerife to [Adjona](/source/Adjona). Bentor, then the Crown Prince, participated in many battles against the invading Spanish in 1495 alongside his father Bencomo, Mencey of Taoro. Bencomo was killed during the [Battle of Aguere](/source/Battle_of_Aguere) in November 1495, and Bentor, being the eldest son, was chosen as his successor. His uncles, [Tinguaro](/source/Tinguaro) and [Adjona](/source/Adjona), may also have participated in the battle, however, Adjona, unlike Tinguaro, did not perish, and lived on until 1507. Shortly after the Battle of Aguere, [Alonso Fernandez de Lugo](/source/Alonso_Fernandez_de_Lugo) sent [Fernando Guanarteme](/source/Fernando_Guanarteme) to negotiate with Bentor, but he refused to hand over the territory.{{cite book|last=Rumeu de Armas|first=Antonio|title=La Conquista de Tenerife (1494-1496)|publisher=Aula de Cultura de Tenerife|isbn=84-500-7108-9|chapter=10-11|year=1975|pages=252–256; 278–280|language=es}} [[File:Memoria bentor.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque in honor of Bentor on Tenerife. Translated from [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language), the bottom part reads: "A tribute to the town of [Los Realejos](/source/Los_Realejos), Bentor, the last Guanche mencey, which, according to tradition by not surrendering, threw himself from this place".]] ===Death and legacy=== [[File:Princesa Dácil.jpg|thumb|[Dácil](/source/D%C3%A1cil), sister of Bentor famous for marrying a conqueror of Tenerife.]] Following the disastrous [Second Battle of Acentejo](/source/Second_Battle_of_Acentejo) which occurred in December 1494, the Guanche forces were severely decimated. The forces took refuge on the slope of Mount Tigaiga after the battle. It was at {{ill|Tigaiga|es}} that Bentor committed suicide, in February 1495, by jumping off of the hill and tumbling down the mountainside (it was seen as a way to keep one's honor instead of surrendering). As a consequence, the Guanche resistance completely collapsed and the remaining menceys surrendered in the Peace of Los Realejos. The [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands) are now a Spanish [autonomous community](/source/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain). The Hotel Rural Bentor on the island of Tenerife is named after him.{{cite web|url=http://www.hotelruralbentor.com/en/|title=Hotel Rural Bentor|accessdate=18 July 2015}} ==See also== * [Conquest of the Canary Islands](/source/Conquest_of_the_Canary_Islands) * [Bencomo](/source/Bencomo) * [Guanche language](/source/Guanche_language) * [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands) * [Macaronesia](/source/Macaronesia) ==References== {{reflist|30em}} Category:1460s births Category:15th-century Berber people Category:People from Tenerife Category:History of the Canary Islands Category:Guanche people Category:1496 deaths --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bentor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentor?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.