Lope de Aguirre

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Lope de Aguirre was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador notorious for his brutal rebellion against the Spanish Crown during a doomed expedition in search of the legendary El Dorado in South America.

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Lope de Aguirre canonical 3
Aguirre 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
person
rebel
activity campaigns in South America
conquest of Peru
allegiance Spanish Empire
birthDate c. 1510
birthPlace Basque Country
Crown of Castile
Gipuzkoa
Oñate
causeOfDeath execution by shooting
child Elvira de Aguirre
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathDate 27 October 1561
deathPlace Barquisimeto
Province of Venezuela
Spanish Empire
era 16th century
ethnicGroup Basque
gender male
historicalReputation cruelty
insanity
ruthless leadership
influenced myth of the mad conquistador
killed Pedro de Ursúa
his own daughter Elvira de Aguirre
knownAs El Loco
The Madman of El Dorado
languageSpoken Spanish
laterAllegiance self-proclaimed independent ruler
militaryRank soldier
name Lope de Aguirre self-link
notableEvent declaration of independence from Spain in a letter to Philip II
mutiny on the Marañón River
notableFor participation in the search for El Dorado
rebellion against the Spanish Crown
tyrannical leadership during the Marañón expedition
participatedIn Pedro de Ursúa’s expedition down the Marañón and Amazon rivers
expedition in search of El Dorado
proclaimedTitle Prince of Peru
Tyrant of the Marañón
rebelledAgainst Philip II of Spain
Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
regionOfActivity Amazon Basin
Peru
Venezuela
subjectOf film "Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes"
novels and historical studies

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Aguirre basedOn Lope de Aguirre
Monument to the Heroes of Iquique memorialFor Lope de Aguirre
this entity surface form: Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre name Lope de Aguirre self-link