Pedro de Valdivia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pedro de Valdivia

Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1497

Place of Birth: Villanueva de la Serena, Extremadura, Spain

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1553

Profession: politician, military officer, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (Spanish pronunciation: ['peð?o ðe ßal'ðißja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile.
After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command.
In 1540 he led an expedition of 150 Spaniards into Chile, where he defeated a large force of indigenous natives and founded Santiago in 1541.
He extended Spanish rule south to the Biobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546 – 48), and returned to Chile as governor in 1549.
He began to conquer Chile south of the Biobío and founded Concepción in 1550.
He was captured and killed in a campaign against the Mapuche.
The city of Valdivia in Chile is named after him.



Description	Spanish-Italian painter, lithographer, writer, museum director and politician
Date of birth/death	9 February 1815	10 June 1894
Location of birth/death	Rome	Madrid
Work location	Madrid, Rome
Authority control	: Q1345186 VIAF: 41993001 ISNI: 0000 0000 6636 676X ULAN: 500012679 LCCN: nr95018886 NLA: 35506854 WorldCat