Acaimo
Acaimo or Acaymo was a Guanche "mencey" of Tacoronte, on the island of Tenerife 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 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, 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). According to the chronicler Fray Alonso de Espinosa, Acaymo was now the king of Güímar Guanche (where the occurrence took place).