Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador)

Francisco de Aguirre de Meneses (* 1507 in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, † 1581 in La Serena, Chile) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest against Chile, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia.

Life

A native of the province of Toledo de Aguirre was the son of Hernando de la Rúa and Constanza de Meneses. He joined the Army in under the Spanish King Charles V, and participated in the Battle of Pavia in 1527 at the storming of Rome. When de Aguirre in 1517 resided in Rome, he was told to enter a convent eight, which was rewarded by the Pope, as this allowed that de Aguirre was allowed his own cousin, María de Torres y Meneses married.

1536 de Aguirre went to Peru with a large entourage, which was also provided with slaves. He stood on the side of Gonzalo Pizarro, when it was besieged and took 1538-1539 in the conquest of present-day Bolivia in part under the command of Diego de Rojas.

1540 de Aguirre heard that Pedro de Valdivia had set out to conquer Chile. De Aguirre decided to also participate in this expedition and marched his troops to Tarapacá, where he waited two months to Valdivia. Quick De Aguirre won the confidence of the expedition leader and secured a good residence in the new colony.

On June 20, 1549 de Aguirre was appointed to the rank of lieutenant-governor of the territories between the Atacama Desert and the Río Choapa. One of his first tasks was to rebuild the city of La Serena, which was destroyed by Indians. What the punishment and control of the Indians were concerned, de Aguirre showed an iron hand. The end of August of the same year he was able to explain the city for rebuilt. He let them build up so that the Spaniards could continue to defend against the Indians. Then he sent troops to suppress uprisings of the Indians, in which he succeeded in northern Chile, but at the expense of the population density. Some lands have been greatly depopulated.

1551 sat the Lieutenant Governor in the struggle for Tucumán, which lay beyond the Andes, against Núñez de Prado, who had underestimated the strong influence of Valdivia through. Consequently, on July 25, 1553, he founded the city of Santiago del Estero del Nuevo Maestrazgo. However, some historians believe that the foundation was completed in 1550.

After Valdivia fell in the Battle of Tucapel, his last will, de Aguirre should recognize in his office, be performed. But de Aguirre lived in Tucumán and as Francisco de Villagra was able to enforce his claims and self- employed as governor. After the information was de Aguirre by his friends came to pass this directly to La Serena, where he was recognized as governor of Chile and Commander in Chief. He substantiated his claim in addition to the will of Valdivia so that the military would also encourage him in his ambitions. After the troops of Hernando de Aguirre, brother of the Governor -in-law, were disarmed, a Bittschirft was sent to Lima. However, there was the fallen judgment that de Aguirre the intended office for him not to take over. In his place Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza should be used, which should in turn inherited after his term of Villagra. Since de Aguirre were no major armies, he was forced to take this decision.

1557 traveled the son of the governor -designate, Marquis of Cañete in the province and continued de Aguirre and Villagra fixed although they had against him behave politely.

De Aguirre's detention took place in the eyes of the Spanish King Charles V and his advisers no great favor. Therefore de Aguirre was appointed by Diego López de Zúñiga governor of Tucumán. This was cramped by a revolt of the generals in his office. After de Aguirre had become this uprising Lord, he explained this area in 1564 for the Spanish crown belonging.

There was a revolt among Jerónimo de Holguín, who had success, so de Aguirre was arrested again. After his release, he had to appear in court because he was accused of heretical acts. The always simmering rebellions to remove from office moving Diego López de Zúñiga to de Aguirre. The successor to de Aguirre was Diego López de Zúñiga. After de Aguirre's return to Chile in 1576 he lived in La Serena until his death in the year to 1581.

Swell

Reign of Charles V: Diego de Almagro | Pedro de Valdivia | Francisco de Villagra | Rodrigo de Quiroga | (Francisco de Aguirre )

Reign of Ferdinand VI. Domingo Ortiz de Rozas | Manuel d' Amat i de Junyent

Reign of Ferdinand VII: Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros | Francisco Antonio García Carrasco | Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta | Mariano Osorio | Casimiro Marcó del Pont

Governor (Chile)
Conquistador
Spaniard
Born in 1507
Died in 1581
Man

La Serena (Chile) Toledo, Spain Sack of Rome (1527) Alonso de Ercilla Royal Governor of Chile Fernando Talaverano Gallegos Lope de Ulloa y Lemos Francisco de Meneses Brito Philip V of Spain Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán Francisco Javier de Morales y Castejón de Arroyo Charles IV of Spain Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista

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