took place but Ovando was present at a general meeting of his order in Seville at the beginning of May. On 29 May 1511 Ovando died in Seville. His body was transferred to the monastery of San Benito de Alcántara. In his will he founded a chapel and requested the friars to say a Requiem Mass every week. See also Colony of Santo Domingo People of the Colony of Santo Domingo Spanish Empire Spanish West Indies Viceroyalty of New Spain References Bibliography Attribution External links The Louverture Project: Nicolás de Ovando - Article from Haitian history wiki Spanish explorers of North America Colonial governors of Santo Domingo 1460 births 1518 deaths 16th-century Spanish people 16th-century Dominican Republic people 1500s in the Spanish West Indies Knights of the Order of Alcántara Spanish untitled nobility Spanish West Indies