Tinerfe
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Tinerfe "the Great", legendary hero who was a guanche
mencey (king aboriginal) of the island of Tenerife
(Canary Islands
, Spain
).
He was the son of mencey Sunta, who ruled the island in the days before the conquest of the Canary Islands by Castilla
. Tinerfe the Great lived in Adeje (like all his predecessors), approximately hundred years before the conquest.
The children of Tinerfe were:
Guanche
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mencey (king aboriginal) of the island of Tenerife
Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...
(Canary Islands
Canary Islands
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, Spain
Spain
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).
He was the son of mencey Sunta, who ruled the island in the days before the conquest of the Canary Islands by Castilla
Crown of Castile
The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...
. Tinerfe the Great lived in Adeje (like all his predecessors), approximately hundred years before the conquest.
The children of Tinerfe were:
- Acaimo or Acaymo (Menceyato de TacoronteMenceyato de TacoronteTacoronte was one of nine menceyatos guanches in which the island of Tenerife was divided at the time of the arrival of the conquering Spaniards....
). - Adjona: (Menceyato de AbonaMenceyato de AbonaAbona was one of nine menceyatos guanches that was divided the island of Tenerife after the death of mencey Tinerfe, in the days before the conquest of the islands by the Crown of Castile....
). - Añaterve: (Menceyato de GüímarMenceyato de GüímarGüímar was one of nine menceyatos guanches that was divided island of Tenerife at the time of the arrival of the Castilian conquerors...
). - Bencomo: (Menceyato de Taoro).
- Beneharo: (Menceyato de AnagaMenceyato de AnagaAnaga was one of the 9 menceyatos guanches in which was divided the island of Tenerife before the arrival of the conquering Spaniards....
). - Pelicar: (Menceyato de AdejeMenceyato de AdejeAdeje was one of the 9 menceyatos guanches that had divided the island of Tenerife before the arrival of the conquering Spaniards and occupied the present day towns of Guía de Isora, Adeje and Vilaflor in the southwest of Tenerife.The kings of Adeje were Betzenuriya, Pelicar, Tinerfe and Sunta....
). - Pelinor: (Menceyato de IcodeMenceyato de IcodeIcod or Icode is one of nine menceyatos guanches that was divided the island of Tenerife after the death of mencey Tinerfe....
). - Romen: (Menceyato de DauteMenceyato de DauteDaute was one of nine menceyatos guanches that was divided the island of Tenerife after the death of King Tinerfe, in the period before the conquest of the islands by the Crown of Castile....
). - Tegueste: (Menceyato de TeguesteMenceyato de TeguesteTegueste was one of nine menceyatos guanches in which the island of Tenerife was divided before the arrival of the conquering Spaniards....
).