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Alonso de Ávila
(–1566)

Biographical

Regidor of Mexico City
Encomendero of Cuautitlán
Encomendero of Xaltoxan
Encomendero of Zirándaro
Encomendero of Guaymeo

Along with his brother, Ávila was involved in the conspiracy, led by the sons of Hernán Cortés, to overthrow Spanish royal authority in New Spain over the new encomienda laws. He was arrested in 1566, his property confiscated, and after a trial, his house (built over the ruins of Tenochtitlan, being land he inherited from his uncle, the conquistador Alonso), were demolished. He was ordered to put up a stone slab outlining his crimes, and was executed with his brother.

Place of death: Mexico City
Place of burial: convent of San Agustín, Mexico City

A son of Gil González de Ávila and Leonor de Alvarado, he married María de Sosa (†1601).

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