Pedro de Valdivia

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Spanish conquistador colonial governor human military officer

Pedro de Valdivia was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the conquest of Chile and establishing its colonial capital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
capturedBy Mapuche people ⓘ
surface form: Mapuche warriors
causeOfDeath killed by Mapuche warriors ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy Chilean place names ⓘ
Plaza de Armas statue in Santiago ⓘ
conflict Spanish conquest of Chile ⓘ
surface form: Arauco War
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateFounded 1541-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1497 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1553-12-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Spaniards ⓘ
founded Santiago ⓘ
surface form: Santiago de Chile

Santiago de Nueva Extremadura ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
legacy considered founder of the city of Santiago ⓘ
key figure in early colonial history of Chile ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
killed in action ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
monarch Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
notableFor conquest of Chile ⓘ
first Royal Governor of Chile ⓘ
founding Santiago de Chile ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
conquistador ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
opponent Mapuche people ⓘ
participatedIn Italian Wars ⓘ
conquest of Peru ⓘ
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile ⓘ
Extremadura ⓘ
Villanueva de la Serena ⓘ
placeOfDeath Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ
Arauco ⓘ
surface form: Tucapel
positionHeld Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ
surface form: Captain General of Chile

Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ
surface form: Royal Governor of Chile
regionOfActivity Chile ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedUnder Diego de Almagro ⓘ
Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
spouse Marina Ortiz de Gaete ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Colocolo
Cerro Santa Lucía → associatedWithPerson → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Chile → commander → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ
Concepción → foundedBy → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ
Plaza de Armas → foundedBy → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ
Santiago → foundedBy → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ
Extremadura → historicallyAssociatedExplorer → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ
Captaincy General of Chile → officeHolder → Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ