Bencomo (died November 1495) was mencey or king of Taoro, a Guanche

Guanches

Guanches is the name given to the aboriginal Berber inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It is believed that they migrated to the archipelago sometime between 1000 BCE and 100 BCE or perhaps earlier...

 menceyato on the island of Tenerife

Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...

. He fought in the First Battle of Acentejo

First Battle of Acentejo

The First Battle of Acentejo took place on the island of Tenerife between the Guanches and an alliance of Spaniards, other Europeans, and associated natives , on May 31, 1494, during the Spanish conquest of this island...

, a victory for the Guanches against the invading Castilians

Crown of Castile

The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...

, after having refused the terms of Alonso Fernández de Lugo

Alonso Fernández de Lugo

Javier Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma and Tenerife for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the Canary Islands to be conquered by Europeans. He was also the founder of the towns...

, but may have perished on the heights of San Roque during the Battle of Aguere

Battle of Aguere

The Battle of Aguere, or Battle of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, was fought between forces of the Crown of Castile, led by the Adelantado Alonso Fernández de Lugo, and the natives of Tenerife, called Guanches. The battle took place November 14–15, 1494.Fernández de Lugo had suffered defeat by...

, alongside his brother Tinguaro

Tinguaro

Tinguaro was a Guanche sigoñe of Tenerife, also known as Achimenchia Tinguaro. He was the in charge of the area known as Acentejo. Half-brother of the mencey Bencomo, Tinguaro led the Guanche forces to victory against the invading Castilians in the First Battle of Acentejo...

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He had several children, including: Dácil

Dácil

Princess Dácil was a Guanche princess of Tenerife , best known for her marriage to a conqueror of the island.- Biography :Dácil or Dácila was born in the ancient Menceyato of Taoro , during the early in the second half of the fifteenth century...

 and Bentor. His son Bentor succeeded him as mencey.