Where did Albuquerque get its name?

Answer 1

The city was named for the 8th Duke De Alburquerque of Spain. (note spelling)

In 1660, he financed an expedition up the Rio Grande in search of the 19 lost cities of brass (the seven cities of gold, nine cities of silver, and thirteen cities of copper having turned out to be total busts.) As the legend goes, the expedition was seeming fruitless when, one day, coming up a draw in La Cañada, the explorers, Captain Guillermo Cuatro y Griegos and Don De Tredonmé encountered a glowing white oak. Albuquerque.

The name comes from the Latin: Albumen = white and Quercus = oak. This is where the original Spanish city got its name.

Answer 2

After a duke of Spain