{{Infobox person | name = Tinguaro | image = Tinguaro, La Matanza de Acentejo 04.jpg | other_names = Chimechia and Achimenchia | death_date = 1495 | death_place = La Laguna | relatives = Bencomo (brother) }}
'''Tinguaro''' (died December 1495, in La Laguna) was a Guanche ''sigoñe'' ({{Translation|warrior}}) of Tenerife, also known as '''Chimechia''' and '''Achimenchia Tinguaro'''.
Tinguaro was in charge of the area known as Acentejo. Half-brother of the ''mencey'' ({{Translation|king}}) Bencomo, Tinguaro led the Guanche forces to victory against the invading Castilians in the First Battle of Acentejo. He fell at the Battle of Aguere, a crushing defeat for the original population of the island, resulting in the conquest of the island by the Castilians.{{sfn|Acosta|Rodríguez Lorenzo|Quintero Padrón|1988| pages = 51-52}}
The plant genus ''Tinguarra'' (now considered a synonym of Athamanta), was named after Tinguaro.<ref>{{Cite Q|https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139265330}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== * {{Cite book |last1=Acosta |first1=José Juan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7A6GQAACAAJ |title=Conquista y Colonización |last2=Rodríguez Lorenzo |first2=Félix |last3=Quintero Padrón |first3=Carmelo L. |publisher=Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria |year=1988 |location=Santa Cruz de Tenerife |isbn=9788440412515 |language=es}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20040813220340/http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/mleal/articles/canarias/44.htm Batalla de Acentejo] * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050310012745/http://elguanche.net/acentejo510.htm 510 Aniversario de la Batalla de Acentejo: La Derrota de un Imperio]
Tinguaro Tinguaro Tinguaro Category:Guanche Category:Guanche people Category:Year of birth unknown