Bencomo

Bencomo was the penultimate <a href="/facts/Mencey/t26NUS9u">mencey</a> or king of <a href="/facts/Taoro/pmEqCoCr">Taoro</a>, a <a href="/facts/Guanches/t26NUS9u">Guanche</a> menceyato on the island of <a href="/facts/Tenerife/FlyhXV7M">Tenerife</a>. He fought in the <a href="/facts/First_Battle_of_Acentejo/HnuCU6dk">First Battle of Acentejo</a>, a victory for the Guanches against the invading <a href="/facts/Crown_of_Castile/T1JrdPkx">Castilians</a>, after having refused the terms of <a href="/facts/Alonso_Fern%25C3%25A1ndez_de_Lugo/NjL9oMkd">Alonso Fernández de Lugo</a>. He may have perished on the heights of San Roque during the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Aguere/zmydr41f">Battle of Aguere</a> alongside his brother <a href="/facts/Tinguaro/Vwfmsu2w">Tinguaro</a>.
He had several children, including <a href="/facts/Adjona/HLCK3kYT">Adjona</a>, <a href="/facts/D%25C3%25A1cil/EJTR2vus">Dácil</a>, <a href="/facts/Bentor/hXc46awF">Bentor</a>, Ruiman, Rosalva, Chachiñama, and Tiñate. Bentor succeeded him as mencey until his suicide in February 1495.

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