conquistador
Pedro de Valdivia.
Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
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About Pedro de Valdivia
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.
Everything about Pedro de Valdivia →- Occupation
- conquistador, politician, governor, soldier
- Position held
- Royal Governor of Chile, Royal Governor of Chile
- Citizenship
- Crown of Castile
- Born
- April 17, 1497
- Died
- December 25, 1553