Antonio Díaz de Cardoso (1495, in Santa Comba, Portugal –1573 in Santafe de Bogotá) was a Portuguese conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people.
[1] Díaz de Cardoso joined the expedition in search of El Dorado, the journey led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada which left Santa Marta in April 1536.
[5] From La Tora, present Barrancabermeja, De Quesada sent troops ahead to investigate routes towards the then unknown Andes.
[6] Díaz de Cardoso received the encomienda (mayoralty) of Suba, and ruled over 900 to 1000 Muisca.
[8] Díaz de Cardoso was married to Felipa Almeida,[2] or Felipa de Almeyda Cabral,[1] and the couple had two daughters, Marquesa and Isabel Cardozo Almeyda, who married the two sons of Luis Fernández de Acosta.