Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador who helped conquer Peru and led the first Spanish expedition to Chile.
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Diego de Almagro was a Spanish conquistador active in western South America during the early 16th century.[1] The illegitimate son of Juan de Montenegro and Elvira Gutiérrez, he was given the surname of the village where he was born—either Almagro or Malagón, in Ciudad Real—around 1475.[2] On July 8, 1538, he was put to death by garrote in his dungeon and then decapitated, following a death sentence.[3]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1475
- Birthplace
- Malagón; or Almagro, Crown of Castile
- Died
- July 8, 1538
- Place of death
- Cuzco, New Castile, Spanish Empire
- Known for
- Exploration of the Kuna
- Conquest of Peru
- Discovery of Chile
- Occupation
- Conquistador
- Father
- Juan de Montenegro
- Mother
- Elvira Gutiérrez
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
By 1524, a formal conquest association was formed among Almagro, Pizarro, and Luque to discover lands further south.[4] Charles V granted Almagro a territory extending two hundred leagues south of Pizarro's grant.[3] The crossing of the Andes was extremely difficult, with cold, hunger, and tiredness causing many deaths.[3] Almagro participated in Gulf of Panama expeditions, among them those of Espinosa that were backed by Balboa's vessels.[5]
For a four-year period after Panama was founded, he was an early resident there, looking after his own holdings as well as those belonging to Pizarro.[5] After taking control of Cuzco, Almagro faced the army commanded by Alonso de Alvarado and beat it at the Battle of Abancay on July 12, 1537.[3]
What the cited sources add
According to the same source, Almagro entered Cuzco despite Hernando Pizarro's resistance, capturing him and later bringing him to Chincha for negotiations.[6] The narrative reports that after Hernando Pizarro was freed, he broke the agreement and gathered troops against Almagro.[6] Andagoya's account records that Almagro was defeated near Cuzco due to the fault of certain captains and was then put to death by Hernando Pizarro.[6] The Andagoya narrative also notes that Almagro was the first to found a town in the province of Quito, called Santiago.[6]
It further states that Almagro gave Alvarado one hundred thousand castellanos in exchange for his troops and ships.[6] According to the Andagoya narrative, Almagro and Soto left Jauja for Cuzco, surprised the army of Cuzco, defeated it, and then entered the city.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Diego de Almagro" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: García, "Die Eroberung von Peru: Pizarro und andere Conquistadoren, 1526–1712", Erdmann: Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1973, p. 96 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Diego de Almagro" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Historia del descubrimiento y conquista del Peru..., folio 1, capítulo 1", Biblioteca Nacional de España (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Diego de Almagro" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Prescott, "The History of the Conquest of Peru", Digireads.com Publishing, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Diego de Almagro" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hemming, "The Conquest of the Incas", Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1970 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Diego de Almagro" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Salvo, J. (2015). El origen africano del Kultrún mapuche. Trans. Revista transcultural de música, (19), 1-22. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Andagoya, "Narrative of the Proceedings of Pedrarias Davila", The Hakluyt Society, 1865. facts only, no text reused. en.wikisource.org
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