Coronado, full name Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, was born to Juan Vásquez de Coronado y Sosa de Ulloa and Isabel de Luján in 1510 in Salamanca, Spain. In 1535 when Coronado was 25 he settled in Mexico City and got married there. In 1538 he became governor of Nueva Galicia province. In 1540 Coronado led an expedition to the Seven Cities of Cibola in search of gold but returned empty handed. He died as a city councilman on September 22, 1554.