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Juan Cano de Saavedra
Juan Cano
de
Saavedra
was a
Spanish conquistador
from
Cáceres
in
Extremadura
.
At
age 18
,
Cano
travelled
to
the New World
and took part in Pánfilo de Narváez's
expedition
against
Hernán Cortés
. Cano
subsequently
fought for Cortés after Narváez's
defeat
.
In
1532
Cano
married
Isabel de Moctezuma
,
principal
heir of
Moctezuma II
, becoming her third
Spanish
husband. The
couple
had five children:
Pedro
,
Gonzalo
,
Juan
,
Isabel
, and
Catalina
. Both
daughters
became
nuns
.
Cano
died
in
Seville
in September
1572
.