April 17, 1497 Villanueva de la Serena, Vegas Altas, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Died
December 25, 1553 (aged 56) Tucapel, Cañete, Chile
Spouse
Marina Ortíz de Gaete
Military service
Allegiance
Spain
Years of service
1520–1553
Battles/wars
Italian Wars
Battle of Pavia
Sack of Rome
Conquest of Peru
Battle of Las Salinas
Battle of Xaquixahuana
Conquest of Chile
Battle of Quilacura
Battle of Andalien
Battle of Penco
Battle of Tucapel
Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpeðɾoðeβalˈdiβja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553[1]) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command.
In 1540, Valdivia led an expedition of 150 Spaniards 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 governor in 1549. He began to colonize Chile south of the Biobío and founded Concepción in 1550.[2] He was captured and killed during a campaign against the Mapuche. The city of Valdivia in Chile is named after him.
^Dates sometimes given as 1510 – 1569, i.e. Robert Chambers "Book of Days" (1868)
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Concepción" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 824.
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