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).