Pedro de Alvarado (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpeðɾoðealβaˈɾaðo]; c. 1485 – 4 July 1541) was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala.[1] He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of the Aztec Empire led by Hernán Cortés. He is considered the conquistador of much of Central America, including Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
During his life, Alvarado developed a reputation for greed and cruelty, and was accused of various crimes and abuses by natives and Spaniards alike.[2] In 1541, while attempting to quell a native revolt, Alvarado was accidentally crushed by a horse, dying a few days later.[2]
^Lovell, Lutz and Swezey 1984, p. 461.
^ ab"Biography of Pedro de Alvarado, Conquistador". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
PedrodeAlvarado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾoðe alβaˈɾaðo]; c. 1485 – 4 July 1541) was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated...
leaders responded to Alvarado's messengers by surrendering to PedrodeAlvarado and swearing loyalty to Spain, at which point Alvarado considered them pacified...
Empire with such tenacity that their defeat took almost two centuries. PedrodeAlvarado arrived in Guatemala from the newly conquered Mexico in early 1524...
According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish conquistador PedrodeAlvarado while waging battle against the Spanish and their allies on the approach...
and deal with the threat of the expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez, Cortés left PedrodeAlvarado in charge of Tenochtitlan. Cortés left with a small army...
Coanacochtzin (died 1525) was the last tlatoani (ruler) of Texcoco before the city came under Spanish control. One of Nezahualpilli's sons, he succeeded...
Luisa de Tlaxcala he had three children, and two more from other women (Leonor deAlvarado y Xicotenga Tecubalsi, PedrodeAlvarado, Diego de Alvarardo...
to fight them. During his absence, Moctezuma asked deputy governor PedrodeAlvarado for permission to celebrate Toxcatl (an Aztec festivity in honor of...
conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar, who had gone forth without Pizarro's approval, had already reached Quito. The arrival of PedrodeAlvarado from the lands...
sister Eleanor and wife of the conquistador PedrodeAlvarado. After Francisca died, her former husband Alvarado returned to Spain and married Beatriz on...
with PedroDeAlvarado and his tribal allies, wounding Alvarado with Atunal's lance. Atlácatl or Atacat: He is said to have killed off many of Diego de Alvarado's...
January 2013. Recinos, Adrian (1986) [1952]. PedrodeAlvarado: Conquistador de México y Guatemala [PedrodeAlvarado: Conqueror of Mexico and Guatemala] (in...
Moscoso had two brothers, Juan deAlvarado and Cristóbal de Mosquera. His uncle was the Spanish conquistador PedrodeAlvarado, who had excelled in the conquests...
his trusted lieutenant, PedrodeAlvarado, Cortés marched to the coast, where he defeated the Cuban expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez sent to capture...
response to the growing anarchy, the colonists requested that PedrodeAlvarado intervene. Alvarado arrived in 1536, put an end to the political infighting...
conquistador who participated in the expeditions of PedrodeAlvarado in present-day Guatemala and Pedrode Valdivia in Chile. Taken into captivity as a slave...
June 1536, Don PedrodeAlvarado founded a Spanish town beside the Indian settlement of Choloma, with the name of Villa de Señor San Pedrode Puerto Caballos...
at first only against Sebastián de Belalcázar, but he was eventually supported by Diego de Almagro and PedrodeAlvarado. His army was also supported by...
resistance, and with PedrodeAlvarado nursing a painful leg wound from an arrow in the first battle in Acajutla beach, Diego deAlvarado was forced to lead...
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