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Alvarado, Pedro de

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Alvarado, Pedro de (c. 1485–1541)

Spanish conquistador, ruler of Guatemala 1524–41. Alvarado joined Hernán Cortés's army in 1519 and became his principal captain during the conquest of New Spain. Left in command at Tenochtitlán, Mexico, he provoked the Aztec rebellion that resulted in the death of Montezuma II in 1520. He conquered Guatemala 1523–24 and was its governor and captain general until his death.

He also attacked Ecuador in 1534 in a bid for a share of the former Inca empire, but was paid off by Francisco Pizarro.



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