Bencomo
Guanche · mortal · historical · Recorded classification
Historical Guanche leader (not a divine figure), included as the resistance-hero tier for Tenerife with attested Guanche weaponry (the banot lance). Classified mortal. His son Bentor succeeded him and died by suicide in 1495.
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- Bencomo (c. 1438-1495) was the mencey (king) of Taoro on Tenerife who led Guanche resistance to the Castilian conquest, refusing Alonso Fernandez de Lugo's terms and winning the First Battle of Acentejo (La Matanza); he died at the Battle of Aguere/La Laguna in 1495.: Espinosa, A. de (1594). Historia de Nuestra Senora de Candelaria. (reference); Wikipedia, 'Bencomo'. (reference)