Blasco Núñez Vela

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Spanish colonial administrator person soldier viceroy

Blasco Núñez Vela was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator and soldier who became the first viceroy of Peru and was killed in conflicts over enforcing the New Laws that limited the power of encomenderos.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial administrator → person → soldier → viceroy →
allegiance	Spanish Crown →
appointedBy	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → King Charles I of Spain NERFINISHED →
birthDate	c. 1490 →
birthPlace	Crown of Castile NERFINISHED → Ávila →
causeOfDownfall	opposition to enforcement of the New Laws →
centuryOfActivity	16th century →
conflict	civil wars in Peru over the New Laws → rebellion of Gonzalo Pizarro →
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile → Spain →
deathDate	January 18, 1546 →
deathPlace	Añaquito → Viceroyalty of Peru → near Quito →
endTime	1546 →
ethnicGroup	Spaniards →
familyName	Núñez Vela →
givenName	Blasco →
imprisonedIn	Lima →
legalActEnforced	New Laws of 1542 →
mannerOfDeath	killed in battle →
militaryRank	captain →
monarchDuringReign	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → King Charles I of Spain NERFINISHED →
notableFor	being the first viceroy of Peru → conflict with encomenderos in Peru → death in battle against Gonzalo Pizarro’s forces → enforcement of the New Laws in Peru →
opponent	Gonzalo Pizarro → encomenderos in Peru →
order	first Viceroy of Peru →
positionHeld	Viceroy of Peru →
regionOfActivity	Peru → Spanish Empire in the Americas → Viceroyalty of Peru →
releasedBy	supporters loyal to the Spanish Crown →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
removedFromOfficeBy	Real Audiencia of Lima →
startTime	1544 →
territoryGoverned	Viceroyalty of Peru →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Viceroyalty of Peru →	firstViceroy