Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497-1553) · Spain · Politicians · Died at 56
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Something wrong?Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva 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.
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Alonso de Ovalle's 1646 engraving of Pedro de Valdivia.
Pedro Lira's 1789 painting of the founding of Santiago by Pedro de Valdivia at Huelén Hill.
Alonso de Ovalle's 1646 engraving of Valdivia, Villagra and Alderete.
House of Pedro de Valdivia in Santiago de Chile, along with the Vera Cruz capel, as pictured by Recaredo Santos Tornero in Chile Ilustrado (1872).
Statue of Pedro de Valdivia (Santiago, Chile)
Last moments of Pedro de Valdivia before the Mapuches executed him. Etching by Nicolás Guzmán BustamanteIn their orbit
About this person
Country
Spain
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1497 to 1553 · aged 56
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