The
Pizarro brothers were
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
conquistadors who came to
PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico...
in 1532.
The four brothers were:
- Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Extremadura, modern Spain. Sources differ in the birth year they assign to him: 1471, 1475–1478, or...
(d. 1541)
- Gonzalo Pizarro
Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso was a Spanish conquistador and younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire...
(d. 1548)
- Juan Pizarro
Juan Pizarro y Alonso was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied his brothers Francisco, Gonzalo and Hernándo Pizarro for the conquest of Peru in 1532....
(d. 1536)
- Hernándo Pizarro
Hernando Pizarro y de Vargas was a Spanish conquistador and one of the Pizarro brothers who ruled over Peru...
(d. 1606?)
All of them played a major part in the capture (1531-38) and rule of Peru, however, after the death of legal governor Francisco, their legitimate claims were practically forfeit.
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The
Pizarro brothers were
SpanishSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
conquistadors who came to
PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico...
in 1532.
The four brothers were:
- Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Extremadura, modern Spain. Sources differ in the birth year they assign to him: 1471, 1475–1478, or...
(d. 1541)
- Gonzalo Pizarro
Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso was a Spanish conquistador and younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire...
(d. 1548)
- Juan Pizarro
Juan Pizarro y Alonso was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied his brothers Francisco, Gonzalo and Hernándo Pizarro for the conquest of Peru in 1532....
(d. 1536)
- Hernándo Pizarro
Hernando Pizarro y de Vargas was a Spanish conquistador and one of the Pizarro brothers who ruled over Peru...
(d. 1606?)
All of them played a major part in the capture (1531-38) and rule of Peru, however, after the death of legal governor Francisco, their legitimate claims were practically forfeit. Juan had died during the ten month-long
siege of CuzcoThe Siege of Cuzco was the May 6, 1536 – March 1537, ten month siege of the city of Cuzco by the army of Inca Emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui against a garrison of Spanish conquistadors and Indian auxiliaries led by Hernando Pizarro....
and Hernando was sent back as envoy to Spain and imprisoned in 1540, after accusations of corruption and tax evasion pointed towards the Pizarro administration. After Francisco's assassination in 1541, power was usurped by
Cristóbal Vaca de CastroCristóbal Vaca de Castro was a Spanish colonial administrator in Peru.-Background:...
as new governor of "New Castile". In 1544 the king of Spain, the very same that had granted Francisco governorship in 1528, sent his own envoy
Blasco Núñez VelaBlasco Núñez Vela was the first Spanish viceroy of Peru, from May 15, 1544 to January 18, 1546. He was charged by King Charles I with the enforcement of the controversial New Laws, which dealt with the failure of the encomienda system to protect the indigenous people of America from the rapacity...
, as
viceroy of Peru. Blasco imprisoned Castro but was the very same year detained and later killed on the behalf of Gonzalo Pizarro, who gathered his supporters and seized much of Peru. When Blasco's successor,
Pedro de la GascaPedro de la Gasca was a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second viceroy of Peru, from April 10, 1547 to January 27, 1550....
defeated and had Gonzalo executed in 1548, the reign of the Pizarro brothers had definitely passed.