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Pedro de Valdivia
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Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Charles I of Spain
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Francisco de Villagra
- Prime minister
- Pedro de la Gasca
- Born
- April 17, 1497, Villanueva de la Serena , Extremadura , Spain
- Died
- December 25, 1553 (aged 56), near Fort Tucapel , Chile
- Spouse
- Marina Ortíz de Gaete
- Allegiance
- Spain
- Years of service
- 1520–1553
- Rank
- Captain General
- Battles wars
- Comuneros Revolt Italian Wars Battle of Pavia Sack of Rome Colonization of Venezuela Conquest of Peru Battle of Las Salinas Battle of Xaquixahuana Arauco War Battle of Quilacura Battle of Andalien Battle of Penco Battle of Tucapel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pedro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Crown of Castile
- Place of birth
- Castuera
- Place of death
- Chile
- Spouse
- Marina Ortíz de Gaete
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Conflict
- Arauco War
- Military rank
- captain general
- Image
- Pedro de Valdivia.jpg
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- date of death
- 1553-12-25
- Commons category
- Pedro de Valdivia
- date of birth
- 1497-04-17
- unmarried partner
- Inés Suárez
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- Pedro de Valdivia
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
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Encyclopedic overview
Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe βalˈdiβja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first Governor of Colonial Chile. After having served with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1535, where he served as a soldier under the Pizarro brothers in Peru, gradually rising in power.
In 1540, Valdivia led an expedition of 150 Spaniards and 1,000 Peruvian Indians into Chile, where he defeated a large force of indigenous warriors and founded Santiago in 1541. He extended Spanish rule south to the Biobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546–1548), and returned to Chile as Royal Governor in 1549. In 1550, he expanded Spanish rule further south into Araucanía, where he founded the city of Concepción and the eponymous city of Valdivia. He was captured and killed by Mapuche Indians during the Arauco War in 1553.
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