Sebastián de Benalcázar

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Spanish conquistador person

Sebastián de Benalcázar was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading expeditions in northern South America and establishing several important colonial cities.

Aliases (2)

Sebastián de Belalcázar ×2
Belalcázar ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish conquistador → person →
allegiance	Spanish Empire →
alternateName	Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera → Sebastián de Belalcázar →
burialPlace	Cartagena de Indias →
causeOfLegalCondemnation	abuses and conflicts during his governorship →
centuryOfBirth	15th century →
centuryOfDeath	16th century →
conflict	civil conflicts among conquistadors in Peru → wars of conquest in northern South America →
continentOfBirth	Europe →
continentOfDeath	South America →
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile →
dateOfBirth	circa 1480 →
dateOfDeath	1551 →
employer	Spanish Crown →
ethnicGroup	Spaniard →
familyName	de Benalcázar →
founded	Cali → Guadalajara de Buga → Pastos → Popayán → Quito →
givenName	Sebastián →
historicalPeriod	Age of Discovery → Spanish colonization of the Americas →
languageSpoken	Spanish →
legalStatusAtDeath	condemned to death in absentia →
militaryBranch	Spanish colonial forces →
notableEvent	expedition from Nicaragua to Peru → march from Quito into the interior of present-day Colombia →
notableFor	Spanish conquest of northern South America → founding colonial cities in present-day Colombia and Ecuador →
occupation	colonial governor → conquistador →
participantIn	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → conquest of Popayán region → conquest of Quito →
placeOfBirth	Benalcázar, Córdoba, Crown of Castile →
placeOfDeath	Cartagena de Indias, New Granada →
positionHeld	Adelantado of Popayán → Governor of Popayán →
regionOfActivity	northern Andes → present-day Colombia → present-day Ecuador → present-day Peru →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cali ("Sebastián de Belalcázar") → Quito →	foundedBy
Sebastián de Benalcázar ("Sebastián de Belalcázar") →	alternateName
Caldas Department ("Belalcázar") →	hasCity