THE MENCEY BENTOR SCULPTURE

5.THE MENCEY BENTOR SCULPTURE The view is spectacular from the viewpoint of the Lance where the statue, as the high altitude where it is located makes it dominates breathtaking scenery from the mountain to the coast. Bentor, King of Taoro and son of Bencomo, was the last native king mencey or confronted by the ar more to the conquest of Tenerife

by Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, the Head of the Catholic Monarchs in the islands. Must have been born about 1463 and died after the Second Battle of Acentejo in December 1494, following the ritual suicide Guanche, tumbling down the side of Tigaiga.

With his death, he concluded the conquest of the Canary Islands. During the Battle of Aguere , the leader of the faction wars and King of Taoro, Bemcomo, was killed, and the people of Taoro named his son, Bentor as new mencey and leader. He refused to surrender to the troops sent by the Catholic Monarchs, despite the large number of military dead Guanche, as explained by the declaration of the witnesses provided by Margarita Guanarteme (1526), indicating that action as " killing the King Great was called the King of Taoro Venitomo, and Don Alonso de Lugo sent Fernando Guanarteme so it would look with King Bentor Venitomo son to require is back with the answer give the new king did not want to .

"The tagoror Bentor elected as the new mencey, and he was prepared to resist. A month later, Fernandez de Lugo entered from the north of the island towards Taoro where Bentor, commanding some 6,000 warriors awaited Guanches in a ravine of the present municipality of La Victoria de Acentejo , near the place where there had been a great victory Guanche months ago. But Fernandez de Lugo wanted to ensure the victory So I divided the army into two groups, the first of them with guns and crossbows and cavalry on the flanks. The victory of the troops of Lugo was all, in what is also called the Second Battle of Acentejo and the collapse of the aboriginal resistance. Bentor committed suicide following the ritual Guanche Tigaiga tumbling by slope, in the present municipality of Los Realejos. The conquest of Tenerife was consummated, although the island is not formally joined to the crown of Castile until the summer of 1496. Bentor King was in memory, since in several of the Dates of allotment of the conquered lands contained his name: 382-40.-Martin Ponce. 8 c. Ventor ravine above, plus 3 f. to a vineyard and a house that is worth Acentejo by the dragon's low barricade. 11.Vl-1503, 639-39.-Catherine Gaspar and Juan Vaca. 4 c. of sq are down the road towards the sea and out of the ravine where derriscó Ventor. O. you are seated c. and a half in the dho. place if it is not given. 01/17/1506 . Bentor had several children with his wife Hañagua: Deríman, Ramagua and Collarampa. Deríman after baptized by the Catholic rite, imposed the name of Christopher Hernandez Taoro, later adopted the surname of his grandfather, calling Christopher Bencomo. He moved to Seville where she studied spokesman (lawyer).