Luis Dubois

Luis Dubois was a Flemish-born Spanish colonial administrator. He served as mayor of San Salvador on three occasions during the mid 16th century.

Biography

Luis Dubois was born in 1510 in Lille, County of Flanders, then a part of the Habsburg Netherlands. He and his parents moved to Spain in 1517 after Charles I became King of Spain. During Dubois' youth, he served as a page for Charles I.
Dubois met Pedro de Alvarado in Burgos in 1527, and the following year, Dubois joined him on a voyage to New Spain where he arrived in Veracruz. By 1530, Dubois arrived in Guatemala City, and by 1533, he resided in San Salvador. Dubois married Isabel de Salazar in Old San Salvador and the couple had five children. Dubois served as mayor of San Salvador in 1548, 1556, and 1569. In 1572, conquistador Alonso Morcillo reported that Dubois lived on an encomienda located in Santiago Nonualco and San Juan Nonualco.