Acaimo or Acaymo was a
Guanche ''
mencey'' of
Tacoronte, on the island of
Tenerife
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at the time of the
Spanish conquest in the 15th century. He formed an alliance against the Spaniards with the ''mencey''
Beneharo and the ''mencey''
Bencomo.
Biography
Family and Descendancy
Acaimo descended from the first ''mencey'' of Tacoronte, who was called "Rumén" or "Romén" by
Juan Núñez de la Peña. During the division of the island, which occurred after the death of his father,
Tinerfe the Great, in the late fourteenth century, Acaimo took his father's territory. However, the scholar Juan Álvarez Delgado says that Aniaga is the parent of Acaimo, and Acaimo's full name is Acaimo ''Daniaga''. From Peña, Aniaga married a sister of Acaimo de Güímar, and because of this, she gave another name to her son.
On the other hand, Viana also mentioned another son of the ''mencey'', whose name was Badenol, who died in the
second Acentejo battle. She referred to Acaimo de Tacoronte as a nephew of the ''mencey''
Beheharo. For Álvarez Delgado, Hañagua, the wife of ''mencey''
Bencomo, she was also a sister of ''mencey'' Tacoronte.
It is known, however, some Guanches who were integrated into the new society and taking, as
Christians
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, the name ''Tacoronte'', may be related to the mencey.
Other
Acaymo was also the name of the ruling ''mencey'' of
Güímar during the appearance of the
Virgin of Candelaria (Patron of
Canary Islands
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). According to the chronicler Fray Alonso de Espinosa, Acaymo was now the king of Güímar Guanche (where the occurrence took place).
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People from Tenerife
Military personnel killed in action
Guanche people
Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions